How to Sign the Authority Form using SignFree

Modified on Wed, 13 Nov at 4:54 PM

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During the initial stages of the background screening, your candidate will receive an Authority Form to sign.

The candidate facing the article can be found here

Here's how they can do that after first saving the PDF.

1. They should open http://signfree.io/ in a web browser.

2. Once they've done this, they should upload the Authority Form document by selecting the Upload document button, as seen below:

3. Windows file explorer / mobile files app (Choose File or similar) / MacOS Finder will open.

4. Select the Authority Form document and select Open (Windows example below).

Open

5. At the top of the page, select add a signature which will allow them to draw their signature.

Add Signature

6. Once they've drawn their signature into the designated box, they should click Confirm to proceed.

Signature

7. They can then drag your e-signature into the required field as seen below:

Drag e-signature

8. Once they have selected Next after filling out the form, they'll be able to download the form and/or send it to a recipient.

Add recipient

9. If they chose to email the signed document to their own mailbox, the email will arrive into their inbox as shown below. Once they have received the document they can send/upload this to Verifile.

Email to recipient

Your candidate can upload both a printed & wet ink signed authority form which has been scanned electronically or photographed, or a digitally signed PDF copy of the form to their Background Screening form.

Alternatively they can reply to our email requesting the form and enclose the document as an attachment.

How to sign the Authority Form using Adobe Acrobat Reader

How to sign the Authority Form using Preview on MacOS

Authority Form (Background Checks)

Why does my candidate need to provide a hand signed Authority Form?

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