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Often employers use tricks to attract experienced, disciplined and conscientious employees, so they do not disclose the company’s internal problems. But applicants often lie, especially if the position they are applying for is honorable and highly paid.

In many cases, lies concern education: the situation where the workplace is attractive, but the profession in the diploma does not correspond to it or there is no credentials at all, is now popular. Moreover, it is easy to falsify educational documents. Therefore, before hiring an employee, the employer should check the authenticity of the diploma.

“Fake” certificates are actively spreading: it is enough to order a diploma on the Internet, contact unscrupulous university employees, or go down the subway passage.

Stamps and signatures are forged, and counterfeit forms become increasingly difficult to distinguish from original ones.

However, many employers do not want to spend time clarifying detailed information about the candidate, and some do not even know how to verify the authenticity of the diploma.

Verifying the authenticity of a document is not as difficult as it might seem. Therefore, it is better not to neglect this procedure, especially when hiring a candidate for a leadership position, when working with freelancers, or choosing a nanny or tutor for a child. The need to verify the authenticity of the diploma in such situations is obvious.

For several years now, the Russian Federation has had a unified database of educational documents.

The Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science stores information about certificates issued by accredited institutions and provides them upon request.

So the most reliable way to check the authenticity of the diploma is through Rosobrnadzor.

But a response to a written request comes within 30 days. If the employer cannot wait that long, he can choose other ways to verify the diploma: by appearance, by request to the university, via the Internet or informal ways.

Verifying the authenticity of a diploma by external features

Before checking your diploma online, inspect it.

Externally, the document must comply with the following standards:

There are watermarks throughout the form - the abbreviations “RF”;
if you shine ultraviolet light on the form, the Russian coat of arms appears in the green wreath, and the watermarks are invisible under ultraviolet rays;
on the inner left side, to the left and right of the coat of arms at the top of the sheet, are the words “Russia” and “Diploma”;
under the magnifying glass to the right of the inscription “Diploma” on the inner right side of the form you can see the inscription “Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation” measuring about 0.5 mm and thin curved lines of different colors throughout the form;
When copying a spread of a document, the inscription “Copy” appears on the duplicated version, which is not visible on the original.

However, now scammers know how to skillfully forge diplomas and take into account all the above-mentioned differences in the original document. Therefore, it is safer to send a request to the university or check your diploma on the Internet.

Official request to an educational institution

The employer can send a request for the authenticity of the diploma to the educational institution.

But first you need to obtain permission from the applicant and government authorities, and the request must indicate a compelling reason.

But even if the employer managed to do everything correctly, the management of universities does not always agree to disclose data about their graduates, so the employer may be refused to provide information.

It is better to oblige the employee to personally ask the university to provide him with supporting documents. But, like diplomas, all certificates can be easily falsified, and in this case the employer is not immune from the fact that the applicant brings him a fake.

Checking your diploma for authenticity via the Internet

On the Internet, you can check your diploma in the register of diplomas of the Russian Federation - information about the student is entered there: his qualifications, period of study and grades. You can find information by using the search on the official page of Rosobrnadzor in the “Federal Register of Information on Education Documents and (or) Qualifications, Training Documents.” But for this you need to know the name of the graduate, level of education, name of the university, series, number and date of issue of the diploma.

Not all employers have this data; they are often faced with the question: how is a diploma verified via the Internet by number?

To do this, you need to go to the educational institution’s page and check whether it has a service for checking a student’s activities by document number, and then enter the numbers into the search bar.

If the student did not study at this university, information about his grades and coursework will not be displayed.

But not all universities have the opportunity to check the authenticity of a diploma.

Also, we should not forget that when checking a diploma online, errors may occur in the system.

How to check the authenticity of a diploma: alternative methods

In addition to the above, there are other ways to verify your educational diploma:

find the applicant’s page on social networks, check the educational institution indicated there and see if among his online friends there are graduates of the same university. You can also find the official university group and see if there is an applicant among the subscribers. But it is important to remember that not all users provide accurate information on their pages;
ask the applicant about the university: if he studied at the declared institution, he will easily answer questions about the internal equipment of the university, teachers and subjects. Only the employer needs to take the time to find out the correct answers himself;
ask law enforcement agencies to send a request to the educational institution. But this will only work if the employer has connections in the police. Otherwise, it makes no sense for the authorities to search for information about the employee, unless the employer has grounds to sue him.

It is better to use traditional methods of checking information: via the Internet, by filling out an application or by requesting a university. But alternative methods can also be effective. In any case, it is better to use one of these methods than to trust the applicant’s word, which can result in unpleasant consequences for both parties.

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After reading the article in full, you will be able to find out all the possible ways to check whether a diploma is in the registry online and without unnecessary fuss.

Especially for convenient use and to effectively combat fake diplomas purchased from scammers, the Federal Register of Information with document data was created. Using this free service is much faster and more effective than the traditional method. The latter consists of a request to the register of diplomas of the universities in which the document was received.

Following the example of Western countries, in 2013, at the state level, the correct decision was made to organize a unified register of graduates of secondary and higher institutions, according to which one can check the registration of a diploma in it and find out its authenticity.

In order to create a full-fledged unified system, back in 2009, the official website of the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science began accumulating information on diplomas of higher and secondary education, academic degrees and scientific titles, and Unified State Examination certificates. Thanks to this, the most extensive database of diploma authenticity in the country has been formed.

According to the creators of the database, the lower time limit for collecting information was 1960, and new data from documents appears every day to this day. Since 2013, the diploma verification database has been open free of charge for verification both by regulatory authorities and upon request for all individuals.

At the time of launch, information about more than two million data was added to the register of diploma numbers. In 2016, the amount of information on educational documents more than doubled and, according to information as of November 13, 2016, there were 6,999,330 documents in the register.

According to official data presented on their website, by 2023 the register of educational diplomas should be replenished with absolutely all educational documents of graduates received since 1992 inclusive.

How to check the authenticity of a diploma in the registry

To check a diploma of education in the database on the website of the Russian education supervision (Rosobrnadzor), you need to know not only the diploma number, but also other information about the recipient of the document. Therefore, it is impossible to verify a diploma by number without having additional data. This is done in order not to disclose confidential information.

Without the document in hand, it will be impossible to fill out a special form and send a request for verification to the diploma verification website. Only if the conditions for accurately filling out the details specified on the document form are met will a correct analysis of the database be possible. Thanks to this, confidential data will remain safe from ill-wishers.

Step-by-step instructions for checking your diploma in the registry

Instructions:

Step 2. We find and click on the section “Federal Register of State Documents on Education, Academic Degrees and Academic Titles (FRDO).”

Step 3. In the register you can find important information from Rosobnadzor on current legislation, as well as frequently asked questions about working with the register. To check your diploma, click “Check document information”.

Step 4. Fill in the required search fields and click “Check for availability of information in the FDDO.”

What data is needed to search for information?

In a special form on the official website you will need to enter the following data:

Level of education (higher or secondary);
Name of the educational institution and its code according to the All-Russian Classifier;
Last name, first name and patronymic of the diploma recipient;
State series and number of the form on which the document was issued;
The date of its issue.

Extended diploma verification

On the Rosobrnadzor website, it is also possible to check the authenticity of a diploma through an advanced search. Here you will need to enter data that is not mandatory, but required to be filled out. This will help avoid mistakes and make it easier for the system to search through a huge information base. You will need to enter information such as:

Title of the document (diploma, certificate);
Document status (original, duplicate or lost);
Registration number of the document (located under the inscription Diploma);
Qualification (bachelor, master, specialist);
Specialty (as indicated in the diploma);
Year of graduation from educational institution.

Test results

Verification of the authenticity of Rosobrnadzor diploma is fully automated and, if the entered data matches, the site will quickly return a positive result. New documents are added to the electronic list around the clock and entered into the database no later than sixty days from the date of their official issue.

However, it is impossible to add a diploma to the register on your own. To add information, you can only send a request to the organization that issued your educational document. The register of higher education diplomas can only be supplemented by the educational institution itself.

It should be borne in mind that this type of data analysis does not provide a one hundred percent guarantee of the information provided. This is stated in an additional footnote at the end of the check, because some errors in data entry or inaccuracies in their processing cannot be ruled out.

If there is no information when processing a request such as “check a diploma of secondary vocational education,” the document may not be a fake. There is a possibility that it was received quite recently and has not yet been entered into the register of secondary education diplomas.

Registry restrictions you need to be aware of

The register includes a huge amount of information about higher education. However, verification of a higher education diploma is not possible for documents issued by government institutions under the jurisdiction of the Federal Security Service, the Federal Security Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service.

Data about these diplomas is not entered into the database, since the activities of these institutions and scientific organizations are a state secret and are protected by the relevant authorities. Therefore, for those who received their education in such places, it will be impossible to check the authenticity of the higher education diploma number.

Thus, in Russia for several years there has been a unified information database of issued documents on obtaining education. It will not be difficult for employers or federal services to check the authenticity of the diploma number in the registry. And it is now increasingly difficult for owners of fake documents to find work. In order to check the accuracy of the education documents submitted to them, it is necessary to know complete information, and not just the diploma number.

How to check the authenticity of a diploma of higher and secondary education in the registry updated: February 15, 2019 by: Scientific Articles.Ru

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Good evening! Make a request in any form. Indicate what interests you specifically, as in your question now. Good luck to you and all the best!

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Hello! The request (statement) is drawn up in any form, outlining all the circumstances of the case. A certificate from the university can be obtained from the dean’s office or the archives department.

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In accordance with Art. 60 of the law (clause 12) Persons who have not passed the final certification or received unsatisfactory results at the final certification, as well as persons who have mastered part of the educational program and (or) were expelled from the organization carrying out educational activities, are issued a certificate of training or the period of training according to a model independently established by the organization carrying out educational activities. In accordance with the order for transfer to another educational organization... clause 11. At the request of a student who wishes to be transferred to another organization, the original organization, within 5 working days from the date of receipt of the application, issues the student a certificate of the period of study, which indicates the level education on the basis of which the student entered to master the relevant educational program, the list and volume of studied subjects, courses, disciplines (modules) (hereinafter referred to as educational disciplines), completed internships, completed scientific research, grades issued by the original organization during the intermediate certification ( further - a certificate of the period of study). If you are transferred to another university, then you must be given a certificate of the period of study in accordance with clause 11 of the order.

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This is done not by email, but by courier document delivery service. Addresses of courier services can be found on the Internet.

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Good day, you can prove your work experience, but the pension will not be reflected in the accrual since there are none. With respect to you, Evgeniy Pavlovich Filatov

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Federal Law "On the procedure for considering appeals from citizens of the Russian Federation" dated 02.05.2006 N 59-FZ Article 1. Scope of application of this Federal Law 4. The procedure established by this Federal Law for considering appeals from citizens by state bodies, local governments and officials applies to legal relations, related to the consideration by these bodies, officials of appeals from associations of citizens, including legal entities, as well as legal relations related to the consideration of appeals from citizens, associations of citizens, including legal entities, performing publicly significant functions by state and municipal institutions, other organizations and their officials. Article 12. Time frame for consideration of a written appeal 1. A written appeal received by a state body, local government body or official in accordance with their competence is considered within 30 days from the date of registration of the written appeal, except for the case specified in part 1.1 of this article . 30 days period for sending a response.

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The documents provided by the candidate for a vacant position play an important role: they confirm the required level of education, qualifications, and experience. However, sometimes future employees provide false documents. How can an employer check the authenticity of documents? What to do if false documents are discovered after applying for a job? In this article, we will focus on verifying the authenticity of an education document.

Documents to be presented when applying for a job

Article 65 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation establishes a list of documents presented when concluding an employment contract by a person applying for work:

— passport or other identification document;

— work record book, with the exception of cases when an employment contract is concluded for the first time or the employee starts working on a part-time basis;

— insurance certificate of state pension insurance;

- military registration documents - for those liable for military service and persons subject to conscription for military service;

- a document on education and (or) qualifications or the presence of special knowledge - when applying for a job that requires special knowledge or special training;

- a certificate of the presence (absence) of a criminal record and (or) the fact of criminal prosecution or the termination of criminal prosecution on rehabilitative grounds - when applying for a job related to an activity that, in accordance with the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, other federal law, persons are not allowed to carry out, have or have had a criminal record, are or have been subject to criminal prosecution.

In some cases, taking into account the specifics of the work, regulations may provide for the need to present additional documents when concluding an employment contract. Providing documents other than those mentioned in Art. 65 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation may also be provided for by other norms of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, federal laws, decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. For example, when employing a foreigner, you may need a work permit, and to formalize labor relations with workers who will have to deal with food, a medical book.

Checking your education diploma

So, the employee provided falsified documents. Falsification can be done in different ways - by replacing sheets (detected visually), affixing fake seals and stamps, re-taping or replacing photographs, etc. Sometimes candidates add information that is necessary for applying for a job, that is, they independently enter new information into the free space in the document. It is very important not to miss a fake diploma of education from teachers and medical workers, because the former work with children, and the latter treat (and if the diploma is fake, they rather “mutilate”) people.

note! Samples and descriptions of diplomas of education and appendices thereto are approved by orders of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated July 4, 2013 N 531, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation dated September 18, 2012 N 191n, dated September 18, 2012 N 190n and other regulations.

It is no secret that a diploma of almost any education can be bought, as they say, in a subway crossing. Therefore, most often employees falsify educational diplomas.

Why is an education document important? Almost any qualification description indicates a certain level of education for occupying a particular position, so having a diploma is simply necessary, and a diploma with excellent grades gives an advantage over other candidates. Moreover, it is this document that confirms the employee’s qualifications, allowing him to perform a specific job.

There are many ways to falsify an education document. Firstly, it is possible to purchase genuine certificates of diplomas (inserts with grades, etc.) and enter deliberately false information into them. Secondly, in an authentic university diploma issued several years ago to one of the graduates, it is possible to enter inaccurate information through erasures and additions (for example, replacing letters in the last name or first name). Thirdly, the form of the education document itself may be fake.

So, first of all, inspect the diploma. Pay attention to the presence of grammatical errors, signs of erasure, additions, reprinting in the document, the correspondence of the name of the educational institution and its seal. If the letterhead or seal of an educational institution on a diploma raises doubts about its authenticity, and the employee has been hired for a position that requires a higher education, it is better to check the diploma. There are two ways to do this.

1. Sending a request to the educational organization that issued the document. This is the easiest way to verify your diploma. Such a request is sent on the organization's letterhead, indicating the reason for the request. But one nuance must be taken into account: it is better that such a request contains the consent of the employee whose authenticity of the document is being verified. For what? The fact is that information about education relates to personal data (personal data is any information relating directly or indirectly to a specific or identifiable individual). Based on Art. 86 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, all personal data of the employee should be obtained from him. If such data can only be obtained from a third party (in our case, an educational organization), the employee must be notified about this in advance and written consent must be obtained from him. Moreover, the employer must inform the employee about the purposes, intended sources and methods of obtaining personal data, as well as the nature of the personal data to be obtained and the consequences of the employee’s refusal to give written consent to receive it. Therefore, if the organization’s request contains the employee’s written consent and signature, the educational organization will have no reason to refuse to provide information. Since each state diploma has its own unique number, information about which is stored in the archives of the educational institution, it is not at all difficult to confirm the authenticity and date of issue of a specific diploma.

For your information. The method of verification through social networks has become very common. Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte have very large databases of higher educational institutions around the world. Knowing the specialty, year of graduation of the student and the name of the university, you can easily find classmates of a suspicious applicant. And they can tell you a lot of interesting things...

2. Contacting law enforcement agencies. To do this, a corresponding application is submitted to the prosecutor's office. The basis for confirming the authenticity or falsification of a document is an expert opinion and a certificate from the university, provided at the request of law enforcement agencies.

Please note that the use of a knowingly forged document, if identified by law enforcement agencies, may result in criminal liability for the employee. In particular, Art. 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for the following types of punishments:

- a fine of up to 80,000 rubles. or in the amount of wages or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months;

— compulsory work for up to 480 hours;

— corrective labor for up to two years;

- arrest for up to six months.

Sometimes employees provide a document about education received abroad. What should an employer do in this case? Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated 02/04/2013 N 62 approved the administrative regulations for the provision by Rosobrnadzor of the state service for the recognition of documents from foreign countries on the level of education and (or) qualifications on the territory of the Russian Federation. Based on this document, Rosobrnadzor carries out:

a) issuance of a certificate of recognition of a document of a foreign state on the level of education and (or) qualifications on the territory of the Russian Federation with the provision of its holder with the same academic and (or) professional rights that holders of the corresponding state-issued documents on the level of education and (or) qualifications in Russia;

b) issuance of a certificate of recognition of a document of a foreign state on the level of education and (or) qualifications on the territory of the Russian Federation as a document confirming the period of study in an educational program of a certain level (certificate of study at an educational institution), with the provision of academic rights to continue studying in the educational program of this level;

c) issuance of a duplicate certificate of recognition of a document of a foreign state on the level of education and (or) qualifications in the territory of the Russian Federation.

If the employee cannot provide such evidence, it means that the education document either has not undergone the confirmation procedure in the Russian Federation or is not recognized as an education document in the Russian Federation; accordingly, the employee cannot work in a position for which higher education is mandatory.

Consequences of identifying forged documents

The Labor Code provides a special basis for termination of employment relations in the case where an employee, when applying for a job and registering an employment relationship, provided a falsified document. In particular, clause 11, part 1, art. 81 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation provides that an employment contract is terminated due to a violation of the rules for its conclusion established by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation or other federal law, if violation of these rules excludes the possibility of continuing work and the employee cannot be transferred with his written consent to another job available to the employer.

For example, you cannot dismiss under clause 11, part 1, art. 81 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, an accountant who presented a false diploma in the specialty "technician", since his job responsibilities do not intersect with those indicated in the qualification characteristics for the specialty named in the diploma.

As follows from the explanations contained in paragraph 51 of the Resolution of the Plenum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation dated March 17, 2004 N 2 “On the application by the courts of the Russian Federation of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation”, it is necessary to take into account that if the rules for concluding an employment contract were violated through the fault of the employee himself as a result of his submission false documents, then the employment contract with such an employee is terminated under clause 11, part 1, art. 81 Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

If an institution has received evidence of the falsity of an education document (a certificate from a university, law enforcement agencies, etc.), this document is one of those that must be presented when applying for a job and is important for the work itself, the first step is to notify the report a note from the head of the organization to resolve the issue of the possibility of continuing work by the owner of the fake document.

If management has decided to terminate the employment contract, it is necessary to correctly fill out the dismissal order (in the line “Grounds (document, number, date)” indicate the details of the document confirming the falsification of the document) and make an entry in the work book. In addition, other documents related to the dismissal are drawn up, a personal card, a settlement note, and other procedures are carried out - you need to pay all amounts due to the employee, issue a certificate of earnings for the last two years, etc.

It is no secret that employers sometimes have to deal with a very unpleasant problem associated with an employee providing a fake education document when applying for a job. No matter how the situation itself was resolved - by dismissing the employee under clause 11, part 1, art. 81 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation or by transferring him to another position - after such cases, many employers prefer to check the authenticity of the diplomas and certificates of education provided by employees and applicants. There are several ways to do this, but the most effective and reliable seems to be sending a request to the educational institution that issued the education document.

Such a request can be sent either with the consent of the employee - in this case, his written consent must be attached to the request, or if the employee does not agree to verify this data. In this case, an anonymized request is sent that does not contain the employee’s personal data.

Request to an educational institution, taking into account the employee’s consent

When the document is applied. In accordance with the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, a document on education is a mandatory document to provide when an employee enters a job or position that requires special knowledge. Providing knowingly false information by an employee may result in his dismissal. If the rules for concluding an employment contract are violated through the fault of the employee, the employer is not obliged to offer him another job and pay severance pay ().

To clarify the authenticity of the provided diploma or certificate of education, you can send a request to Rosobrnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science) or through the website www.mon.gov.ru/obr/obrash. However, in order to prove the employee’s guilt in providing false information about education, it would be more advisable to send the request directly to the educational institution and wait for an official response from it. This document will be the basis for issuing an order to dismiss an employee or refuse to hire him.

The request is drawn up in free form, but with certain specifications. It is important for the employer to remember that information about education is considered personal data. According to paragraph 3 of Art. 86 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and Federal Law No. 152-FZ of July 27, 2006 “On Personal Data”, all personal data of an employee or applicant must be obtained from him or her. Also, verification of such data can only be carried out with the consent of the employee/applicant himself. Therefore, the employer should obtain the consent of the employee or applicant to obtain information about his education from third parties, that is, from the educational institution that issued the document. Consent must be requested in writing, which will serve as evidence of compliance with legal requirements. It is advisable to attach a copy of the consent received to the request sent to the educational institution.

Sample

In the text of the request, the lawyer or employee of the company's HR department should indicate the full name of the organization and its details, the full name of the employee or applicant who provided the document being verified, the series and number of the education document, period of study, specialty. The request must be signed by the sole executive body (general director) and the company seal.

Anonymized request to an educational institution

When the document is applied. If an employee or applicant refuses to consent to the employer receiving personal data from a third party, or an educational institution, in response to the employer’s request, refuses to provide the relevant information, it is advisable to draw up an anonymized request.

What to pay attention to when drafting a document. The request is drawn up in a similar way to the first option, however, it is important that if the employee does not agree to the provision of his personal data by third parties, this document does not contain any of his personal data. In this case, indicating the details of educational documents is acceptable, which will determine the receipt of the necessary response from the educational institution. This form of request will help the employer, in the event of a dispute with an employee, to significantly reduce the risks of recognizing the receipt of such information as a violation of the employee’s rights in terms of protecting his personal data.