# Background Verification API India | Employee BGV | FastKYC > Background verification for Indian employers: PAN, EPFO employment history, voter ID, driving licence and mobile checked at source, with consent on record. Source: https://www.fastkyc.com/background-verification/ --- Background verification, India # Background verification for Indian employers, consent first. Verify identity, employment history and credentials against official records, making employee background verification simpler, faster and more reliable. [Request a demo](/book-demo/) [See how it works](#how-it-works) - DPDP-aligned consent - Official-source data - Immutable audit log ## Background verification, in plain terms Before you put someone on payroll, you need to know they are who they say they are, and that the history on their résumé is real. Background verification is how you confirm it: identity, past employment and credentials, checked against the records that actually hold the truth. FastKYC turns that from a scramble of emails and phone calls into a single, consented, auditable workflow. You raise a case, consent is recorded (by the candidate in a candidate-initiated check, or by your team member in DIY mode), the checks run against official sources, and you get back a clean decision you can act on, and defend. [See it in action](/book-demo/) ## A CV is a claim, until you check it. Most hiring still runs on trust, referrals and word-of-mouth. The numbers say that's a gamble worth closing. - ### Employment history is the #1 thing candidates fudge - In workforce-fraud data, **employment verification is the most-discrepant check**: about 11% of white-collar hires. - Inflated salaries, stretched tenures and fabricated roles are the usual pattern. Discrepancy by check, white-collar - Employment11.1% - Address7.7% Source: AuthBridge Workforce Fraud Files (via PeopleMatters) - ### About 30% of driving licences in India are fake - Of roughly **18 crore licences** the ministry reviewed, an estimated **5.4 crore were bogus**. - A genuine-looking licence tells you nothing until it's checked against the RTO. - Fake licences: 30% - Genuine: 70% Source: MoRTH / Union Minister Nitin Gadkari - ### And it's getting worse, not better - Employment-verification discrepancies **rose about 44% year-on-year** across six major sectors. - As fabrication gets easier, checking against the source is the only thing that keeps up. Employment-check discrepancies, indexed +44% Previous yearThis year Source: AuthBridge Annual Trends (via Forbes India) How it works ## From "just applied" to "good to hire" Four steps. No chasing references, no inbox archaeology. 1. ### Raise a case Add a candidate and choose the checks you need: one hire or a whole batch. No setup ceremony, no spreadsheets. 2. ### Consent is recorded Candidate-initiated: the candidate gives consent through a secure link. DIY mode: the team member creating the case accepts consent. No check runs until it's on record. 3. ### Checks run at the source Each verification goes straight to the authoritative record behind it and comes back with a real outcome, not a guess. 4. ### Get the decision and report The engine compares the data provided with the data fetched from each source, decides on each check, and delivers a detailed summary and report. ## Every check pulled from the source that matters No scraped aggregators. Each verification resolves against the authoritative record behind it, and comes back as a result you can read at a glance. - PAN card Permanent Account NumberABCPM••••K NameROHAN MEHTA Date of birth14/03/1994 Verified ### PAN Identity Confirm legal identity against the income-tax PAN record. [View the PAN API](/apis/pan-comprehensive/) - Service recordEPFO EmployerNORTHWIND LOGISTICS PVT LTD UAN1009••••5521 Member IDMH/PUN/••••/112 Date of joining01 Jul 2019 Verified ### Employment history Employment Validate past employers and tenure from UAN / EPFO records. [View the Employment history API](/apis/employment-history/) - Voter ID (EPIC) EPIC numberXYZ•••••21 Elector nameROHAN MEHTA Father's nameSURESH MEHTA ConstituencyPune Cantonment Verified ### Voter ID Identity · Address Cross-check identity and address against the electoral roll. [View the Voter ID API](/apis/voter-id-text/) - Driving licenceActive Licence holderROHAN S MEHTA Licence numberMH12 ••••••4512 Non-transport valid to13 Mar 2034 LMVMCWG Review ### Driving licence Credential Verify licence authenticity and holder details with the RTO. [View the Driving licence API](/apis/dl-text/) - Mobile numberActive Number+91 98•••••210 Holder nameROHAN MEHTA ConnectionPrepaid Verified ### Mobile Contact Confirm the candidate's reachable number against operator data. [View the Mobile API](/apis/mnv-without-otp/) - Court, education, address ### More, as you grow Roadmap Court, education and address checks join as they're enabled for you. ## Built for the people you hire, whatever you hire for FastKYC runs the same engine and the same official sources for every business. Each sector just leans on it differently: pick yours. ### IT & ITeS Fast-moving teams hire engineers, contractors and remote staff at pace. Confirm who they are and that the experience on the résumé is real, without slowing the offer. Who to verify Engineers, contractors, and remote hires ### Growing teams & MSMEs Hiring your first team, or scaling one, without a dedicated HR back office. Start raising cases in a sitting, pay for the verifications you actually run, and keep every result on record. Who to verify First hires, scaling teams, contract and gig staff ### Banking & Financial Services When staff handle money and sensitive data, identity and history can't be taken on trust. Verify against official sources and keep an audit trail a regulator will accept. Who to verify Anyone handling funds, customer data, or compliance ### Staffing & Recruitment Placing candidates on behalf of your clients means verification can't be the bottleneck. Every placement runs against the source and comes back as a clean, defensible report you can hand over. Who to verify Candidates placed on behalf of your clients ### Retail, Hospitality & F&B Frontline, store and delivery staff turn over quickly and often handle cash or customers directly. Keep identity checks fast and consistent across every location. Who to verify Store, frontline, and delivery staff ### Transportation & Logistics Drivers and field agents represent you on the road. Confirm licence authenticity, identity and address before they're on the route. Who to verify Drivers, delivery riders, and field agents ### Manufacturing Plant and shopfloor hiring demands consistency. Verify identity, address and past employment against official records, the same way, every time. Who to verify Plant, shopfloor, and contract workers ### Healthcare Clinical and support staff work close to patients and sensitive records. Confirm identity and a genuine employment history before they start. Who to verify Clinical and support staff ## From white-collar to the field, one way to verify Who you're hiring changes what matters most. The engine and the official sources stay the same; only the emphasis shifts. ### White-collar roles Office, professional and leadership hires: engineers, analysts, managers, finance and compliance staff. Confirm identity and a genuine employment history before they're on payroll. Who to verify Professional, managerial and leadership staff ### Blue-collar roles Shopfloor, plant, warehouse, housekeeping and construction staff, often hired with limited formal records. Anchor every hire on verified identity and address. Who to verify Shopfloor, plant, warehouse and support staff ### Field & gig staff Drivers, delivery riders and field agents who represent you outside the office. Verify licence authenticity, identity and address before they're on the road. Who to verify Drivers, delivery riders and field agents ## Manual background verification quietly costs you The old way isn't just tedious: it's slow, inconsistent and impossible to defend. Here's the same job, done two ways. Done by hand With background verification - ### It's slow, and good candidates walk Reference calls go unanswered and email threads stall for days. While you wait, your best offer accepts somewhere faster. ### Checks run the moment consent is in Each check goes straight to its source and the report assembles itself as results land. - ### No two checks are done the same way Every recruiter has their own method and shortcuts. Quality swings case to case, and you can't prove what was checked. ### One consistent workflow Every case follows the same steps against the same sources, so every report means the same thing. - ### Nothing holds up later When a hire goes wrong, or an auditor asks, there's no trail. A scattered inbox is not evidence. ### An audit trail for every case Every grant, check and status change is logged and attributed, ready to hand to an auditor. - ### Consent is an afterthought Pulling someone's records without clear, recorded consent is no longer a grey area, and done by hand it's almost never documented. ### Consent-first by design No check runs without consent on record: the candidate's when they start the check, or your team member's when they run it in DIY mode. FastKYC replaces all four with one consented, auditable flow. [Switch to the faster way](/book-demo/) ## A detailed summary and report, with the decision behind it Once the engine has run the checks, it compares the data you provided with the data fetched from each source, works out what matches, and makes its decision based on that - then hands you the full picture. Case CS-4820 Rohan Mehta Report Engine summary: 5 checks, 4 verified, 1 for review - PAN Provided vs fetched: Name and DOB match Verified Checking - Employment history Provided vs fetched: Employer and tenure match Verified Checking - Voter ID Provided vs fetched: Name and address match Verified Checking - Driving licence Provided vs fetched: Name partially matches Needs review Checking - Mobile Provided vs fetched: Holder name matches Verified Checking - Data provided and data fetched, side by side for every check - Match results for each field, not a vague pass/fail - The engine's decision for each check, based on what matched - A clear summary up top, full detail below - ready to share or audit - Flagged items surfaced for a quick human look ## One case replaces the scramble Done by hand, a single hire means logging into portal after portal, chasing records, and stitching it together yourself. FastKYC collapses that into one case, and hands back the hours, the clarity, and a record you can defend. The sources you'd otherwise chase one by one - Income-tax PAN - UAN / EPFO - Electoral roll - RTO / Sarathi One report - ### Get the hours back No portal-hopping, no reference calls. Checks run against the source and the report assembles itself: minutes of your team's time per candidate, not days. - ### Pay only for what you run Pricing is per check, one case at a time. No heavy implementation: the spend maps to the hires you actually check. - ### One version of the truth Every check shows provided vs fetched and a clear decision, all in one register. No conflicting screenshots, no "which portal said what", no lost email trail. Security & data handling ## Built for India's data-protection reality Verification touches people's most sensitive records. We treat that as the core of the product, not fine print. - ### Consent-first, by design No check runs without consent on record - from the candidate in candidate-initiated checks, or from the team member creating the case in DIY mode. The platform won't dispatch without it. - ### Encrypted, and erasable Candidate data is encrypted at rest. When it's time to erase it, the key is destroyed and the record is gone for good. - ### Used only for what was agreed Purpose limitation is enforced by the system, not a policy PDF: data consented for one check can't quietly power another. - ### An audit trail that holds up Every grant, check and status change is logged and attributed: the immutable record a regulator actually asks for. ### Up and running fast, and never on your own - ### Super-fast onboarding You're verifying candidates in a sitting, not a sprint. No long implementation, no heavy setup: your team starts raising cases almost right away. - ### Support when you need it Stuck on a case or a tricky result? Real people who know the product are a message away, so a question never turns into a blocker. ## Answers before you ask What exactly can background verification check? Identity via PAN, past employment through UAN / EPFO records, voter ID, driving licence, and mobile, each checked against its authoritative source. More checks are added to your account as you need them. Who gives consent for a check? It depends on how the check is run. In a candidate-initiated check, the candidate gives consent through a secure link. In DIY mode, the team member creating the case accepts consent on the organisation's behalf. Either way, no check runs until consent is on record - that's enforced by the platform, not left to process. How does the engine decide on each check? It compares the data provided for the candidate with the data fetched from the source, field by field. Based on what matches, it decides on each check - verified, or flagged for review - and records that in the report with the data behind it. How fast do results come back? Checks run against the source as soon as consent is on record, and the summary and report are ready once the engine has made its decisions - no manual stitching or back-and-forth. Can I verify many candidates at once? Yes. Raise a single case or upload a batch. Every case lives in one register you can track, so nothing gets lost in an inbox. What happens to a candidate's data afterwards? It's encrypted at rest and used only for the checks it was consented to. When it's time to erase it, the encryption key is destroyed so the record can't be recovered. Is it suitable for regulated or audited hiring? That's what it's built for. Every grant, check and status change is logged and attributed in an immutable trail you can hand to an auditor. How much does background verification cost? Pricing is per check and depends on which checks a case runs and your monthly volume. Share your expected hiring volume and the team sends a rate card.