{"id":5770,"date":"2020-02-07T15:41:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T15:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=5770"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:53:23","slug":"is-this-background-check-regarded-with-the-e-residency-program","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/ufaqs\/is-this-background-check-regarded-with-the-e-residency-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this background check regarded with the e-residency program?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>div.ewd-ufaq-faq-title h5 { font-size: 12 !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-post p { font-size: 12 !important; }div.ewd-ufaq-faq-categories, div.ewd-ufaq-faq-tags { font-size: 12 !important; }<\/style><div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-load_more ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='desc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/5770' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-minimalist ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-5770-xHo1CknkvP' data-post_id='5770'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-square'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h5>\n\t\t\t\tIs this background check regarded with the e-residency program?\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t<h4 data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"543\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"107\">Short answer \u2014 no.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"543\">The background check we offer has nothing to do with applying for e-Residency.<br data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"191\" \/>Estonia\u2019s Police and Border Guard Board (PBGB) carries out its own screening of every e-Residency applicant and charges the state fee set in the <strong data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"362\">Identity Documents Act<\/strong> and the <strong data-start=\"371\" data-end=\"389\">State Fees Act<\/strong>. Those fees vary by pick-up location (Tallinn: no extra charge; embassies: + \u20ac20; partner hubs such as Seoul, Tokyo or San Francisco: local service fee).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"580\"><strong data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"580\">What e-Residency is \u2014 and isn\u2019t<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"775\">\n<li data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"683\">\n<p data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"683\">A government-issued <strong data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"618\">digital ID<\/strong> that lets you sign, authenticate and run an EU company online.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"775\">\n<p data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"775\"><strong data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"693\">Not<\/strong> a form of citizenship, tax residency, visa, residence permit, or travel document.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"1050\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Our background-check service is designed for corporate due-diligence on Estonian natural or legal persons; it neither replaces nor influences the PBGB\u2019s screening for e-Residency applications. 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Short answer \u2014 no. The background check we offer has nothing to do with applying for e-Residency.Estonia\u2019s Police and Border Guard Board (PBGB) carries out its own screening of every e-Residency applicant and charges the state fee set in the Identity Documents Act and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[322],"ufaq-tag":[538,337,332,404],"class_list":["post-5770","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","hentry","ufaq-category-background-check","ufaq-tag-background-check","ufaq-tag-e-residency","ufaq-tag-estonia","ufaq-tag-eu"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/5770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-category?post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualofficeinestonia.com\/et\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-tag?post=5770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}