FBI Background or Apostille

An FBI Background Check provides a summary of your criminal history (if any), based on your fingerprints. It is used for:

✔️ Employment
✔️ Licensing or certification
✔️ Immigration or visas
✔️ Adoption
✔️ Personal review

We will collect your full set of fingerprints on the official FD-258 fingerprint card, using ink and roll or Live Scan to card (digital printout).

🖐️ Tips for Best Prints:

• Relax your hand
   
• Roll from nail bed to nail bed
   
• No lotion or oils
   
• Cuts or worn prints may affect quality
   

There are two options:

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• Fastest option – results in 1–3 business days
   
• Your fingerprints are submitted electronically to the FBI
   
• Results returned to you by email or secure download
   

• You mail your fingerprint card to the FBI
   
• Include payment and application form
   
• Results in 2–6 weeks via mail or email
   

👉 For self-submissions: Visit www.fbi.gov and search “Identity History Summary Checks”

https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/identity-history-summary-checks/identity-history-summary-checks-faqs

• Federal and state arrest records
   
• Charges and court outcomes
   
• Warrants (if any)
   
• “No record found” if no history exists
   

🛑 Expunged or sealed records may still appear unless properly reported

✅ Government-issued photo ID
✅ Any required forms or instructions from your employer, licensing board, or agency
✅ Clean hands with no lotion

We can refer you to an FBI Channeler or guide you through the mail-in process. Just ask!

Approved FBI Channeler: https://printscan.com/Services/Personal-FBI-Background-Check#:~:text=An%20Approved%20FBI%20Channeler%20is,Approved%20Channelers%20in%20the%20US.

FBI APOSTILLE

An FBI fingerprinting appointment for apostille purposes is a specific process designed to obtain your Identity History Summary (often called an FBI background check), which can then be apostilled for use in a foreign country. Here’s how it works step-by-step:

You're getting fingerprinted to request your FBI criminal background check, which will then be apostilled by the U.S. Department of State for legal use overseas (e.g., for immigration, visas, work permits, dual citizenship, marriage abroad).

• You contact a fingerprinting service provider (mobile or in-office) authorized to roll fingerprints on the FBI FD-258 card.
   
• Confirm that they can properly roll ink prints or capture prints digitally for FBI background check purposes.
   

• A valid government-issued photo ID (passport, driver’s license, etc.)
   
• Payment method (cash, card, or check—depends on provider)
   
• Any specific paperwork you were given (like an FBI channeler submission form, if using one)
   
• Optional: Bring your own FD-258 fingerprint card, but most providers have them.
   

• The technician will ink or scan your fingerprints using a standard FBI-compliant process.
   
• They’ll roll each finger individually, then four fingers together.
   
• Tips for clients:
   
  • Relax your hands.
     
  • Make sure fingers are clean and dry.
     
  • Nails shouldn’t be too long.
     

• You’ll receive a completed FD-258 fingerprint card (or digital file if electronic).
   
• Double-check that your name, date of birth, and other personal info are accurate.
   
• Some providers offer to scan and email it to you as a digital file if you plan to submit online.
   

You have two main options:

• Submit your fingerprint card with your application on the FBI website.
   
• Pay the $18 fee online.
   
• Mail your FD-258 card to the FBI.
   
• You'll get a digital PDF result via email.
   

• A channeler is a private business authorized to expedite FBI background checks.
   
• They submit your fingerprints electronically and get faster results.
   
• Some channelers can assist with apostille services too.
   

Once you have your FBI background check result (PDF or hard copy), you must apostille it through:

• Mail them the original FBI background check (hard copy version only).
   
• Include a completed Form DS-4194 and the required fee.
   
• If you received a digital background check, you must:
   
  • Print it out in color on white paper.
     
  • Request a hard copy authenticated version from the FBI for apostille.
     

• Fingerprint appointment: 10–15 minutes.
   
• FBI processing: 3–5 business days (faster with a channeler).
   
• Apostille processing: 2–4 weeks (rush services may be available via third-party agencies).
   
• We do not submit the background check or apostille
   
• We can offer a checklist to follow and refer you to a channeler if needed.

Approved FBI Channeler: https://printscan.com/Services/Personal-FBI-Background-Check#:~:text=An%20Approved%20FBI%20Channeler%20is,Approved%20Channelers%20in%20the%20US