International Screening by ESR Global Services

ESR Global Services offers American employers the ability conduct pre-employment background screening on applicants for positions in the US who have spent time abroad. For a general introduction to international screening, see www.esrcheck.com/articles/internationalscreening.php

ESR Global Services is able to provide worldwide employment and education verifications in over 120 countries (see below).  ESR Global Services utilizes the services of fluent speakers for verifications performed in many countries, including speakers of Russian, Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, German, Dutch,  Korean, Arabic, and many others. For a global list of requirements for countries around the world for employment and education verification, see:  http://www.esrcheck.com/internationalscreening.php

In addition, ESR Global Services can provide criminal record checks for applicants in over 100 countries.  (See ESR International Screening Services for a listing of countries and details of searches.) For Canada, see the special report at:  http://www.esrcheck.com/Canada_employment_screening_background_checks.php 

NOTE: ESR Global Services conducts international screenings for American employers who hire individuals from abroad for employment in the US or applicants who have spent time abroad.  However, ESR Global Services does not operate as an international investigative agency or provide one-time international searches. For one-time searches or due diligence investigations, ESR recommends the services of private investigators or security firms.

ESR is on the US Department of Commerce list of Safe Harbor firms

Only three background screening firms in the US were on the Safe Harbor list as of June, 2004.  ESR is pleased to have been the third screening firm in the US to have achieved certification based upon a review of the Safe Harbor listings (under Integrity Support Services dba Employment Screening Resources).   See the Safe Harbor list under the primary category of Employment Services »»

For more information on ESR Global Services see: Special Report: International Background Screenings »»

ESR can also assist employers with OFAC and Terrorist searches.See:  Terrorist Search and the Patriot Act »»

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Asia

English -- India / Pakistan (Urdu and English) / Nepal / Bhutan / Sri Lanka / Burma / Thailand / Philippines /  Singapore / Malaysia /  Papua New Guinea / Australia / New Zealand / Hong Kong / Cyprus

French -- Vietnam / Laos /  Cambodia / Lebanon

Bahasa Malaysia -- Malaysia

Bahasa Indonesia -- Indonesia

Chinese -- Hakka  and Mandarin-- PR of China - includes Hong Kong and Macau (Mandarin and Hakka) / Taiwan

Japanese -- Japan

Arabic -- United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon

Portuguese -- Macau and E Timor

Korean -- Korea

Europe

English -- England, Wales, Republic of Ireland, N Ireland, Scotland

French -- France, Switzerland, Belgium, Monaco

German -- Germany, Switzerland, Austria

Italian -- Italy

Russian -- Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and former Soviet Republics

Dutch and Flemish -- Belgium, Holland

Spanish -- Spain

Portuguese -- Portugal

Africa

English -- Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Gambia, Mauritius

Portuguese -- Mozambique , Angola

French -- Madagascar, Isle de La Reunion,  Zaire, Congo, Gabon, Sao Tome Principe, Cameroon, Togo, Benin, Cote De Ivoire (Ivory Coast),  Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mauritania, West Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Tunisia, Mauritania, Mauritius

Arabic -- Algeria, Libya, Tunisia

Americas

Spanish -- Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico

English -- Surinam, Barbados, St Lucia, Guyana, Panama, Bahamas

French -- French Guyana, Haiti, Dominica :

Portuguese -- Brazil

Revised 2/08