USA citizen background check

[jgl]

Hi jgl, so if I complete the online FBI application, I can print the form and go to the Admiralty police station to get the finger print done properly? Do you know if I can go to any police station to do this or just the headquarters?

Still, would be great to hear from anyone who has done this recently.

Admiralty HQ. I have not checked, but I strongly believe that district stations have much more routine and common things to be doing than doing fingerprint verification forms for other countries.

This information is over ten years old though.

[EnglishtutorKat]

Hi, thanks for the helpful information! I have succeeded, and I want to give an update on what I did:

1. Completed the FBI Identity History Summary Check electronically. I paid less than $20USD online and opted to have the report mailed to me.
https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/id...summary-checks

2. I printed the finger print card and went to the Wan Chai police station, 14/F (same place where you get the sex offenders register check). The HK police provide the finger print service for free and you do need a specialist to do it for you, just be sure to bring your identification:
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/...258-1.pdf/view
Note: the finger print card itself is a little confusing due to some unclear acronyms, and it doesn't seem like there is a place to put the "order number" you have received through email!

3. Mailed the finger print card to the FBI. I did this through register post, but I realized all kinds of confidential information was on it, and I regretting not buying a new envelop with a good seal on it.

4. I received an email 10 days later saying it had been received (note, 10 days after I did the initial online submission, so it was less than a week between sending my finger prints and getting confirmation from them) and immediately thereafter (same day) I got an email saying: "Your Identity History Summary Response is now available for review.This response is available for 90 days." I had no idea what this meant, as there is no where to "review" it and no instructions or link for where to "review" it.

5. But about 1-2 weeks later I got the report in the mail! Looking at the date on the envelop, it seems they mailed off the report 3 days after they sent me the email confirmation of receiving my finger prints. The whole process is seemingly fast.

I'm impressed this all worked out, though with the usual glitches of an inefficient American system.

[Flapster]

Thanks for providing an update. Hopefully a useful resource for others!

[EnglishtutorKat]

Yes, unfortunately the job it was for didn't work out in the end, though! But for those American teachers out there... hope this can be helpful.

[onywx]

Thank you, this is super helpful! I'd also need this for mainland China, and didn't want to fly to Shanghai/Beijing just for fingerprinting.

[iExcalibui2]

Thank you, this is super helpful! I'd also need this for mainland China, and didn't want to fly to Shanghai/Beijing just for fingerprinting.

Hey! I'm currently trying to figure this out as well.

I was told I needed to go back to the Chinese Embassy in the states to submit my university diploma and background check. Both had to be certified true documents, which requires it to be notarized and sealed by the county clerk and state secretary.

I'm trying to see if I can do all this in Hong Kong to save myself the time and money of flying back to the states.

Awesome thread, thank you for the info!

[iExcalibui2]

Update:

So I have gone through the whole process of getting my docs ready for my China Visa application. I was asked to get a criminal background check and a copy of my diploma.

1) I called my university and asked them how to proceed. Had to mail in some docs to them and they brought my diploma to the county clerk to get it sealed and then to the state secretary for another seal of authentication. DONE

2) I used this website: to do a FBI background check, which only took 1 week ( I also had it expedited)
https://accuratebiometrics.com/

It required me to get my finger prints, so I took the above advice and went to the Wanchai Police station, where the service is FREE! (amazing lol)

3) Now I have to get the documents authenticated/apostille and used this place
US Authentication & Embassy Legalization Services | Document Apostille & Legalization Services