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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen several discussions about background checks, but I still feel like I need more information.  A few answers from previous discussions offered websites that will do a search for a fee (such as nannyverif.com) but I was wondering a few more things:

Is hiring a private investigator better than an online service, and if so, what PI services do you recommend for conducting a background check?

[b]Can these checks be done without a social security number for someone who can legally work but is not a U.S. citizen[/b]? What information is needed?

Has anyone used the company National Crime Search with a legal resident/non-citizen?

I know fingerprinting (e.g., Livescan) is more reliable than other identification, but I also feel like that is a bit intrusive to ask a nanny to go to a center to get her own fingerprinting done, so I was hoping to find a reliable way of doing a check without making the nanny go out of her way to get a fingerprint at another location.

Thanks in advance!

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maybe I misunderstood, but your post seems to imply that you believe that a non US citizen does not have a social security. I am a foreigner and I got my social security number when I came to the US over 10 years ago to study one year at a state university, on a one year student VISA (I ended up staying, but it was not anticipated when I arrived and got the social, like all other students).  I think anybody who is legally in the US even temporarily, other than as a tourist, get a social security.  if somebody lives in the US and does not have a social, I would be suspicious, that she is either here illegally or that she has one and does not want the background done on that social because she has something to hide. I add that I am not an expert on social security numbers, this was simply my experience.[/quote]

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