International criminal record searches.
A country-by-country criminal record search: police certificates, local courts, or embassy processes, translated from official local sources. JDP offers these in over 200 countries; cost and availability vary by country.
Also called overseas criminal check, foreign police certificate, global criminal.
Scope countries$25 per check · no subscription · set up in 5 minutes
How it runs on vID
Identity verified
Search runs
Report returned
What it covers
Whatever the named country's official process lawfully returns, or a documented not-available- Translation and a readable report when the partner path includes it
There is no global criminal database. Some countries release records to employers, some only to the person, and some nothing lawful to use in a U.S. hiring decision.
What it covers
- Whatever the named country's official process lawfully returns, or a documented not-available
- Translation and a readable report when the partner path includes it
What it doesn’t cover
Mean uniform coverage; a clean result and silence are not the same finding- Replace U.S. criminal searches for U.S. history
- Run on a U.S. SLA; weeks are normal, candidate-mediated processes slower
Where the data comes from.
In-country official sources via partner CRAs
Police, courts, embassies, local researchers — JDP, ABglobal, DataFacts, and others operate this.
Why identity comes first.
Foreign searches want the name as the other country spells it. vID's passport capture is often the difference between a hit and a wasted fee.
How the network fulfills it.
The JDP 200+ number is a network of local sources, priced per country. We quote per country for the same reason.
This is the wrong search if…
The candidate has never left the U.S.
Do not add this for atmosphere. Search the U.S. stack.
You needed a watchlist, not a court
Global watchlists are faster and different. Do not order a Polish certificate to satisfy an OFAC curiosity.
Commonly ordered with.
- National criminal search
Still run the U.S. file for U.S. history.
- International verifications
When the overseas story is a job or a degree, not a court.
- Global watchlists
Lists versus records; often a list now and a certificate later.
Add International criminal search to your next check.
Identity-verified, fulfilled through the partner network.
Who orders this
Frequently asked questions.
List the countries in the history. Search those.
Identity-verified, in-country sources, honest empty cells. No fictional global database.
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