Hire with certainty.
Screen within the rules.
Identity, diplomas, criminal record and employment history, verified for you. Most screenings clear in under a week, and every check is built around Dutch privacy law.
We handle the Dutch instruments for you
VOG through Justis DUO diploma register Passport and ID chip Employment and references Sanctions and PEP lists
Why it matters
The risk you carry
Screening packages BY USE CASE
Studies of Dutch applications keep landing in the same range: roughly one in six CVs contains something untrue about education. DUO has filed over a hundred fraud reports in a single year, and diploma fraud is growing fastest exactly where it does most damage — care, childcare and security.
Most employers know this. What stops them is the other half of the problem: screening touches some of the most sensitive personal data there is, and getting it wrong carries real exposure under the GDPR and the Dutch UAVG. So the check gets skipped, or done informally, which is worse.
Clear Screen removes both problems at once. You get the verification, and you get it done on a legal basis that holds up.
How it works
Four steps
You start it. We run it.
The candidate stays informed.
You choose the checks that genuinely fit the role. That is not only cheaper, it is what the law expects: every check has to be justified by the job.
1
Choose the screening profile for the role
Pick a ready-made profile — carer, driver, finance, security — or build your own. The profile records why each check is needed, which is the documentation you will want if anyone ever asks.
Two minutes, once per role
2
Invite the candidate
They get a link in Dutch or English that works on a phone. Before anything is checked, they see exactly which checks will run and why.
Same day
3
The candidate releases what we need
They scan their ID and release their own DUO diploma record with DigiD. Nothing is pulled behind their back, because under Dutch rules it cannot be.
Ten minutes from their side
4
We verify, a person reviews, you get the report
Every finding is checked by a trained reviewer before it reaches you — no automated rejections. The candidate receives the same result you do.
Usually two to five days, plus VOG turnaround
Compliance
Built in, not bolted on
The rules are the hard part. That is the part we own.
Dutch screening law is specific, and a lot of what employers assume is allowed simply is not.
We do not rely on consent
The Dutch DPA is clear that an applicant cannot consent freely to an employer, because they are not in an equal position. We work on a legal basis that holds.
The candidate is told first, and the result
They know which checks will run before they begin, and they receive the outcome at the same time you do.
We keep results, not documents
Passport scans and diplomas are deleted once verified. What remains is the outcome, on a fixed retention clock.
Paperwork you can hand to your DPO
Screening policy, DPIA template and works council guidance come with the Standard package.
For candidates
The other halve
Screening is the last thing a candidate remembers before day one.
Dutch screening law is specific, and a lot of what employers assume is allowed simply is not.
- Ten minutes, on a phone, no app to install
- Plain Dutch or plain English, their choice
- Every check explained before it runs
- They see their own report, in full
- A route to correct anything that is wrong
- Their documents deleted once verified
Questions
Asked often
The things employers ask us first.
Which types of checks does Clear Screen offer?
We provide identity verification, diploma and employer verification, criminal record checks, social media monitoring, and more.
Can you screen someone without telling them?
No, and neither can anyone else operating lawfully in the Netherlands. The candidate has to be informed before screening begins and told the outcome afterwards. Any provider offering you a covert check is offering you a liability.
We are not based in the Netherlands. Can you still help?
Yes, and this is one of the reasons we exist. Running Dutch checks normally assumes you have a Dutch entity, eHerkenning and some familiarity with Justis. We act as the Dutch layer for foreign employers and for employer-of-record partners.
What happens if a check comes back with a problem?
A reviewer looks at it before you do. You receive the finding and the evidence behind it, and the candidate receives the same information with an opportunity to respond or correct the record. The hiring decision stays entirely yours — we never make it for you.
Do we need to involve our works council?
Often yes. Introducing a structured screening process can require works council agreement, depending on how it is set up. We give you the documentation to take to them, and we are happy to join the conversation.
Get started
No obligation
Walk us through one role. We will show you the screening for it.
Twenty minutes, screen shared, using a vacancy you are actually hiring for. You will leave knowing what the checks would cost and how long they would take — whether or not you go ahead with us.