Submit a background check request

When a vendor initially registers with Green Security, they need to complete a background check. Vendors enrolled in continuous monitoring don't need to repeat the background check unless their status changes and a background check is triggered. 

Vendors with ongoing subscriptions with Green Security who aren't enrolled in continuous monitoring must complete a new background check every year.

Note Entering your Social Security Number (if you have one) is mandatory for all background checks.

In this article

• About continuous monitoring
• Complete a background check

About continuous monitoring

Continuous monitoring means Green Security performs ongoing screenings that can trigger a background check if a vendor's watchlist status changes. Enrolling in continuous monitoring allows the vendor to conveniently complete only one background check when they first register, instead of completing a new background check every year. To enroll, vendors simply need to agree to the Green Security Disclosure Policy when they submit a background check. Continuous monitoring enrollment is free for vendors.

Note International vendor reps cannot enroll in continuous monitoring.

Complete a background check

To submit a background check request

1. In your Green Security vendor account, go to Credentials and select the Background Check credential.

2. Download and electronically sign the four files:

   • Green Security Disclosure Policy
   • FCRA - Summary of Rights
   • CA Consumer Report Request
   • Submit a Candidate Story

   The files don't need to be re-uploaded - they are for the vendor's reference only.

   

3. Enter your basic information:
   • First name (legal)
   • Middle name (legal)
   • Last name (legal)
   • Maiden name (if applicable)
   • Alias 1 (or preferred name): if you created your vendor account using a name other than your legal name, enter the name you used here.
   • Alias 2
   • Date of birth
   • Gender
   • Eye color
4. Select Yes or No for the question "Do you have a US social security number?"
   • If you selected Yes, enter and confirm your social security number (SSN).
5. Select Yes or No for the question "Do you have a US driver's license?"
   • If you selected Yes, enter your driver's license number and state.
6. Select Yes or No for the question "Have you lived at a US residential address in the past 7 years?"
   • If you selected Yes, enter your most recent address in the US.
7. Select Yes or No for the question "Have you lived outside the US in the past 7 years?"
   • If you selected Yes, enter your most recent address outside the US.

8. Enter your name as your electronic signature, and then select Continue.

   You are redirected to your Credentials page, where the background check credential status is now "Pending Approval" and will be reviewed shortly.