Applicants. QSI needs you to complete a criminal background check as soon as possible. If you have a non-teaching spouse your spouse will also need to complete a criminal background check.

Your continued employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check. Due to international best practices in the safety of children and youth around the world, and as a result of potential work permit/visa/travel restrictions due to prior criminal convictions, all potential hires are required to complete background authorization/disclosure documentation and the successful completion of a background check.

QSI uses SecurTest, one of the top background screening companies in the USA.  SecurTest has a unique patented “iReviewNow online platform” so that anyone undergoing a background check can see the results and approve them before they are forwarded to Quality Schools International (QSI). Individuals are allowed the opportunity to comment on any of their results so they can be properly interpreted. Such a process is supportive of many best practices for upholding legal obligations.

The SecurTest background check is a mandatory background check that must be done by all Quality Schools International (QSI) employees and non-teaching spouses. Each individual school may need an additional background check document to obtain a work visa for the individual country. Please make sure you work closely with the individual school regarding what documents are needed to obtain a work visa for the country you were hired to teach at by QSI.

*If you do not hold a USA passport you are still required to fill out the SecurTest form and get a government issued finger print background check completed from your passport country.

Employees. QSI also updates the background check for every employee. Also, employees that must renew their USA VISA can complete the steps through SecurTest.

QSI Standards. Due to international best practices in the safety of children and youth around the world, and as a result of potential work permit/visa/travel restrictions due to prior criminal convictions, all potential hires are required to complete background authorization/disclosure documentation and the successful completion of a background check.

About SecurTest. QSI uses SecurTest, one of the top background screening companies in the USA.  SecurTest has a unique patented “iReviewNow online platform” so that anyone undergoing a background check can see the results and approve them before they are forwarded to Quality Schools International (QSI). Individuals are allowed the opportunity to comment on any of their results so they can be properly interpreted. Such a process is supportive of many best practices for upholding legal obligations.

Six Steps to the Background Check Process

STEP ONE: To initiate a criminal background check for QSI, you will need to complete an online authorization via the following link: www.ireviewnow.com/qsi, which is this page.

COST---The processing fee for the background check through SecurTest will automatically be billed to QSI. You must provide the payment code that you receive by email from QSI. If you have any mail costs submit your receipts to your school in August for reimbursement. Use regular mail and not a mail service like FedEx if mailed in the USA. If mailed outside of the USA use a registered mail service.

STEP TWO:  Once you have read the information on this webpage, click on the option that applies to you.  If you have any questions throughout this process contact the SecurTest team at qsi@ireviewnow.com or (800) 445-8001, which is an international toll-free number.

STEP THREE: Please start filling out the SecurTest Background Check Form. The background check will be run using your permanent passport country address (the address that you noted on your QSI application). Please list this address when prompted and all addresses where you have resided after age 18. QSI also requires a background check in each country you have resided in for more than 6 months. You will be asked the country or countries of residence. (Foreign residency is defined as having lived in a non-U.S. country within the past 10 years). Also, it does not mean you served a college internship or were a tourist, but where you were an official resident of the country or countries.

STEP FOUR: Get your fingerprints done. If you lived in the U.S.A. or hold a U.S.A. passport, your background check is also dependent on certified FBI fingerprinting. When candidates complete their digital application, SecurTest will help direct you to an FBI approved fingerprinting site nearest to your home location.  Send your fingerprint card and FBI information form as instructed by SecurTest.

If you are not living in the USA complete steps one, two, and three above. Next, complete the FBI Information Form (sent by SecurTest). Take the FBI Approved Finger Print Card to any police station, U.S. Embassy or Consulate, where available. You should always call to determine if the entity can roll your fingerprints on the FBI card and have your fingerprints placed on the FBI Card. Once you have your finger prints done, mail them and the FBI Information Form to SecurTest for processing to the following address: (QSI will reimburse you for registered mail service. Submit your receipts to your school in August.)

All QSI Employees must mail their fingerprint card to the SecurTest address. See the email instructions from SecurTest.

STEP FIVE: Once the fingerprints are received by SecurTest and a background check is completed by the FBI (usually between 5-7 days for domestic US candidates), candidates will receive an email and will be able to review their results securely at iReviewNow.com or by email. After reviewing and approving the results, candidates will authorize the release of the report to QSI.

Please do not hesitate to call SecurTest trained professional support team if you have any questions at 1 (800) 445-8001. You can reach them between 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. EST, Monday through Friday. You may also email our team at qsi@ireviewnow.com. Your points of contact at SecurTest are Tricia Allen, Vice President, Marty Martinez, Vice President of International Background Screening, Dusty Amador, International Research Department, and July Mazzorato, Senior Account Manager

STEP SIX: Upload all background checks and the Official FBI Letter, which is attached to the SecurTest Report, that is emailed you to the “Background Check” section on your QSI Personal Profile. If you have a non-teaching spouse upload their background check to your QSI Personal Profile. Once the background check is uploaded to your profile email QSI Human Resources confirming this has been uploaded. See the email from QSI. Below are instructions on how to upload:

Log Into QMS

Visit https://qms.qsi.org and log in using your username and password.

• Your username is the concatenation of your lowercase first name, last name, and birth year. For example johnsmith1973
• Your password remains unchanged from your employment application. Email support@qsi.org if you need your password reset or have any technology issues.

My Profile

• Click on your name in the top right corner and choose [My Profile]
• Click on the [Professional Profile] tab
• Scroll to the Background Check Information section
• Click on the [Upload Background Check] and complete steps two and three.
• Click on the [Upload] button to upload your background check.