Clear Your New Hires’ FBI Checks Back in Hours

We capture each candidate’s prints at our office or onsite at your location, then submit through a Channeler-network partner, where the federal result typically returns within 1–4 hours. When you are onboarding a group of 10 or more, onsite capture clears the whole team in one visit, and we accept last-minute and emergency requests across Northern California.

Yes. A new representative’s fingerprints must be received within 30 days of the Form U4 filing (FINRA Rule 1010; SEC Exchange Act Rule 17f-2). Miss the window and the representative moves to inactive status and cannot conduct business until they clear; Rule 3110(e) adds the firm’s verification duty. We capture and submit promptly, so the deadline is met.

A California DOJ Live Scan searches state records and, where the ORI requires it, sends prints to the FBI as well — the standard California method for licensing and regulated hires. A Channeler-network submission routes prints through an approved Channeler partner for a fast federal result, useful when an agency or credentialing committee specifies an Identity History Summary.

Group and onsite pricing is quoted by group size and travel distance — a per-applicant capture rate that decreases with volume, plus a dispatch fee for onsite work, with government and agency fees passed through at cost. We bill the organization, and recurring clients run a net-30 standing account so candidates never pay at the kiosk.

We roll and mail FD-258 ink cards with notarized attestation where required, submit a Channeler-network check nationwide, and provide in-person Form I-9 verification by an authorized representative — so a single distributed hire clears without traveling to your headquarters.

Yes. If your organization does not hold its own authority yet, we help you obtain DOJ authorization and set up the ORI and billing number — often the same week — so your submissions route correctly and your staff never pay individually. Many national providers explicitly decline this step.

Through our Channeler-network partner, the federal result typically returns within 1–4 hours of capture; a DOJ Live Scan with a federal component usually returns within a few business days. Submitting prints directly to the FBI by mail, by contrast, can take several weeks — so we route electronically and a start date does not wait on the mail.

It is a nationwide search of federal records by fingerprint, returning the Identity History Summary — arrests, convictions, and sometimes outstanding warrants from across the country. There is no federal time limit on how far it reaches, though sealed or expunged records generally do not appear. Because it is fingerprint-based, it confirms identity rather than relying on a name match.

For most regulated roles — healthcare credentialing, FINRA registration, licensing boards, childcare and senior care — a fingerprint-based check is required, because a name-based check can be defeated by aliases or a common name and is not accepted by these authorities. Access to the federal database is also limited to authorized recipients, so the prints must route through an ORI or an approved Channeler.

A current government-issued photo ID — typically a driver’s license, state ID, or passport — that matches the name on the request. We confirm the candidate’s identity at capture and record it on the submission, which is part of what makes the result usable for hiring and licensing.