All of Orna International’s background and due diligence checks are carried out by, or under the close supervision of, our Australian office. If it is necessary to sub-contract any part of the process, we only use agents known to us for several years and who are completely trustworthy. We monitor any sub-contracted work very carefully.

Orna International’s Australian staff are all specially selected and trained for this work. We screen our own employees very closely and impose a strict Code of Conduct on them. Every case has a Case Manager assigned to it and, they may be contacted at any time during our extended business hours.

In many cases, educational establishments or other information providers, charge a fee for their services. Orna International never value adds on secondary providers’ fees. What we pay, is what you pay.

Criminal Record:

Orna International’s Chinese speaking staff will contact the relevant police authority and street committee to verify a person’s public standing, including their criminal record if applicable. The Peoples’ Courts, which administer justice in China, rarely allow access to their records to anyone outside of government circles.

Previous Employments:

Orna International has a database compiled over many years, of common employers in China. Our contacts and multi-lingual staff enable Orna International to provide you with prompt reference checks. We train our staff to take an investigative approach to reference checking and do not just tick boxes. Orna International looks for the information behind a reference check. We have frequently discovered facts important to a prospective employer, which other providers would not think to ask for.

Education/Qualifications:

Orna International has built up a large database of contacts with educational establishments and can obtain accurate, reliable confirmation of qualifications and attendance as far back as High School if required. Orna International has found that Chinese educational establishments are eager to assist, but maintain chaotic records.

Previous and Current Address:

Street committees maintain a record of all current residents in China. Non-Chinese are often housed in specially designated areas and records of their residence kept by the appropriate authority. Orna International can usually access these records. Where a person no longer resides at an address, Orna International will usually only be able to confirm the existence of the address.

Certain organisations, such as Falun Gong maintain records of their members and are usually helpful in confirming dates of residence etc.

Civil Record/Bankruptcy:

Most bankruptcy proceedings are directed at companies rather than individuals and are reported in the English language media, to whose archives Orna International has access. Individual bankruptcy is usually dealt with as a criminal matter and therefore will be discovered when our researcher contacts the police or street committee

Corporate Data:

Corporate ownership is a complex matter in China. Orna International can usually confirm by whom a high level position in a company is occupied.

Professional Memberships:

Orna International has contacts within most of the main professional bodies in China. We will provide accurate and reliable information about a candidate’s professional standing.

Disciplinary Record:

Many of the candidates Orna International screens, are employed in a regulated position, such as within the financial service industry. We will discover any disciplinary record the candidate may have. For non-regulated applicants we will speak to line managers and former colleagues, so you know the character of the person you are hiring, not just their qualifications.

National Regulatory Bodies:

ORNA SCREENING is fully acquainted with the requirements of all major national regulators, such as the FSA, SEC etc. and will produce reports to a standard, which will satisfy authorisation criteria, where relevant.

We are able to check Beijing, Chengdu, Chonquin, Fujian, Guangzhou, Jinan, Kuming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Xi’an and other areas.