Since international background checks may require the knowledge of many languages such agencies have a multi-lingual staff, and when necessary they utilize an outside translation service to facilitate verifications. Searching online for free takes a lot of time and patience, simply because you are not just handed a folder with the persons name on it to look through. You actually have to find the information yourself. It is better to use a paid service for a pre-employment background check. Once the report is compiled, which generally take somewhere between one and three minutes you are allowed to download it and stored on your hard drive for future reference or print it out for immediate use.