What does the status of the report indicate?

On the Candidates tab of the Dashboard, you will see one of the following statuses for candidates who have already begun the background check process.

 Pending 

The report is processing. While most reports take 2-3 days to finalize, some may take longer. The most common causes for delay are if Checkr is waiting on the candidate to provide information, or if a County Criminal Search is in progress.

• If Checkr is waiting on information from the Candidate, Checkr required a form of documentation from the candidate to advance the report. We reach out to candidates for exceptions like these, in order to keep your background check process running smoothly.
• If a County Criminal Search is in progress, some County Criminal Searches take significantly longer than others if we are searching for records in a county that processes search requests in a less efficient manner. Unfortunately, the County Criminal search cannot be expedited as much as we’d like since Checkr operates at the mercy of the courts.

For more information, see "Why is the background check taking longer than expected?"

 Clear 

The report is complete and does not contain adverse information on any of the screenings.

 Consider

The report is complete and contains some sort of adverse information to evaluate (criminal records, traffic infractions, or other information). Consider may also be used to indicate that a Motor Vehicle Report contains violations that do not meet your Motor Vehicle Report criteria, or the Employment and/or Education verifications were not an exact match.  

 Dispute

The report is complete, and the applicant has contacted Checkr to contest its accuracy. Adjudication is blocked while a report status is Dispute.

The reinvestigation window for disputed reports is a maximum of 30 days. Your team is notified by email upon the conclusion of a reinvestigation.

 Suspended

The report cannot be completed because information is missing or cannot be verified. Checkr has contacted the candidate to submit additional documents. The report will be reinitiated once the information is confirmed.

See our exceptions article for more information.

 Invitation Sent 

The invitation link has been sent within the past 7 days, but the candidate has not yet responded, and the report has therefore not yet begun.

 Invitation Expired

The invitation link was sent more than 7 days ago, and the candidate did not complete it. A new invitation must be sent if you wish to continue with this candidate.