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Review summary

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the customer service, finding it unhelpful and difficult to reach a real person. They also encountered issues with the service, including slow response times and a lack of clear communication regarding background checks. Customers frequently reported problems with the staff, describing them as unhelpful and lacking common sense. Some people were satisfied with the fast and helpful support they received, and a few reviewers mentioned quick responses and effective issue resolution. However, the majority of consumers found it nearly impossible to contact the company, citing a lack of phone numbers, unresponsive chat features, and unhelpful automated systems.

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Customer service

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Service

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Staff

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Customer communications

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Response time

Users describe significant dissatisfaction with response times. Many customers report extremely long waits... See more

Based on these reviews

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

It's 2026 the age of everything digital and when things go wrong human intervention is required, can you get help NO! I have mixed feelings about the support I have received the fir... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Braindead imbeciles with zero common sense or critical thinking skills who don't even recognize a name even when it's right in front of them. Half-wit operator kept insisting it's the wrong name beca... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible website issues, screening potential employees based on what device they are using? No their website is just that bad Chat just DOS "no ones here" 10x times telling the user to close the wi... See more


Company details

  1. Business-to-Business service

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First Advantage delivers comprehensive, global background checks and drug screening that enable employers to Hire Smarter. Onboard Faster. With offices worldwide, First Advantage leverages leading technology and some of the industry’s largest global capabilities to complete background checks in 200+ countries and territories. Access criminal record searches; education, employment, and professional license verifications; digital identity solutions; global sanction searches; credit checks; fingerprint screening; drug testing; Form I-9 processing; hiring tax credits, and more. Visit us at www.fadv.com.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

853 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam! please do not use

This is a Scam company set up to not carry out dbs checks. They get your details and say Dbs has been declined and refuse a refund. I am currently logging a fraud case to my bank and police.

31 March 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is a complete joke

This is a complete joke.
Apparently I don’t exist because I wasn’t born in the United Kingdom.
I was.
I am UK citizen but the website says it’s wrong.
Biggest waist of time as you actually can’t contact anyone.
No wonder ASDA use them.

28 March 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is one of the worst companies i…

This is one of the worst companies i have ever had the experience of interacting with. Email support says i need some document, chat support says another one, the website dashboard says I’m good another chat support says my company needs to submit a document.

Don’t do business with these guys if you care about your new hire’s experience.

23 March 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stunningly incompetent

Every. Single. Document. Had to be resubmitted over a series of emails to different personnel. I have zero trust that they actually handled my data with any care considering that they couldn't even keep track of what they did/didn't have.

Not to mention that it was an extremely long, drawn-out process of repeated email requests for things they already have, their UI is absolutely awful, and they have ridiculous restrictions on document submissions.

20 March 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful service

Awful service, it's something so simple, the mass of negative reviews says it all, if the company your trying to get verified to work with uses these guys it's a big red flag it's clearly because they are cheap because they are useless, just sort it out it's not an optional thing it has to work or you will go under and I'd be glad to see it with the frustration you've caused me this morning

21 March 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible company!

Terrible company Carrie four a DBS check. They took payment out twice and refuse to refund me the second payment. I’ve raised a dispute with my bank. AVOID THIS COMPANY

13 February 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What take so long and keep asking me to…

What take so long and keep asking me to provide additional information for the background check? Havn't I already provided all required information all at once during the initial beginning? May I know the your progress of my background check instead of reminding me to provide those information which I had already provided in day 1?

19 March 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Zero Stars

Would rate zero, my background has been pending one county for a month, and I've been told the same thing 4 times.

19 February 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

First time I tried to connect it was a…

First time I tried to connect it was a long wait then someone connected and said my photos were not correct and hung up on me. Still trying to reconnect back in and wait time is excessive. This was not a good experience, there was no support offered to try and resolve the issue together they just disconnected

17 March 2026
Unprompted review

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