How to sign the Authority Form using Adobe Acrobat Reader

Modified on Wed, 13 Nov at 4:41 PM

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During the initial stages of the background screening, your candidate will receive an Authority Form to sign. Here are the steps to walk them through it.

The candidate facing article can be found here.

How the candidate can correctly sign the Authority Form if they do not have a printer available, and cannot sign it by hand.

1. Open the Authority Form in Adobe Acrobat DC / Adobe Acrobat Reader.

2. On the right-side menu, please select Fill & Sign.

Fill & Sign

3. An additional menu will appear on the top. Select Sign yourself and then Add signature.

Sign yourself - Add signature

4. A new window will appear. Type will be automatically selected in the menu at the top. Please select Draw instead.

Draw

5. Please Draw your signature, and select Apply.

6. Drag and drop the signature to the correct place in the form. Once it's in the correct spot, click elsewhere in the form to deselect it.

7. Make sure to complete the other sections of the form (full name in capital letters, date of birth, and today's date). They can type in these sections.

Please find below examples of signatures that are not accepted (typed signatures using cursive and none cursive fonts):

Signature example 1

Signature example 2

Signature example 3

Signature example 4

The example below shows what is not and what is accepted.

Acceptable & Unnaceptable signatures

Candidates 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 enclosing the document as an attachment.

How to sign the Authority Form using Adobe Acrobat Reader

How to sign the Authority Form using Microsoft Edge on Windows

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

Authority Form Download

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