Keep BSIS Guard-Card Clearances Moving as You Hire
We capture your officers onsite on the correct BSIS Live Scan form and bill the company, so a hiring wave clears the DOJ and FBI without each one booking a kiosk or stalling a post.
Guard Clearances That Keep Up With Hiring
From a single new guard to an onboarding wave — captured on the right BSIS form and documented for your file.
BSIS guard-card Live Scan
Electronic submission to the DOJ and FBI on the BSIS Security Guard Request for Live Scan form, with the coding that routes to the Bureau.
The right form, the first time
We select the BSIS guard-card coding for each role, so an application is not held up by a wrong-form rejection.
Recurring & renewal volume
A standing account for ongoing officer hiring, renewals, and proprietary registrations, scheduled without re-quoting each time.
Armed-guard firearm prints
The separate Security Guard with Firearm Live Scan an exposed-firearm post requires, captured alongside the standard submission.
Audit-ready records
A completion record per officer for your compliance file, ready if BSIS asks for proof during an audit.
One record back per officer
Each submission documented and returned, billed to the company on one invoice rather than reimbursed officer by officer.
Clear a Class of New Guards in One Visit
When a contract win means hiring a class of officers at once, sending each one to a walk-in kiosk stalls the start. We bring the capture to you and clear the whole group together:
- Onsite at your office or post
- On the BSIS guard-card form
- To the DOJ and FBI
- No minimum, emergency dispatch
- Billed to the company account
- Record for the compliance file
Guard-card registration runs on electronic Live Scan, and our employer fingerprinting service covers your office staff. Place guards through a staffing partner? Our staffing agency clearance handles contract placements.
Request a Quote →The Costly Ways a Guard Clearance Stalls
For a patrol operator, a stalled or mis-filed clearance means an unfilled post and audit exposure. Each risk below names the rule and the consequence.
An unregistered guard on post
A guard cannot perform security duties without a valid registration, and cannot work while the application is pending. Working unregistered is a misdemeanor, and posting one exposes the company.
The wrong Request for Live Scan form
Prints must go on the BSIS Security Guard form, which carries the coding that routes the result to the Bureau. A generic or wrong-coded submission delays or misroutes the application, and the hire waits.
Missing proof at a BSIS audit
Employers must maintain registration and training records for each officer. On a BSIS audit, missing documentation for an officer draws fines per officer, so a clean record per submission matters.
An armed post without the firearm step
An exposed-firearm guard needs the separate Security Guard with Firearm Live Scan and assessment. Standing an armed post without it is a separate compliance failure from the base guard card.
Fingerscan Digital provides fingerprinting and identity-verification services, not legal advice — confirm current BSIS forms, fees, training, and processing timelines with the Bureau. Where a requirement depends on the post or permit type, verify it before relying on it.
From Quote to Cleared Guards in Five Steps
Request a quote
Tell us how many officers, whether any are armed posts, your location, and your hiring cadence. We set up the company account and billing.
Schedule
Book our San Jose office or onsite dispatch to your office or post across Northern California — last-minute and emergency requests accepted.
Capture prints
A DOJ-certified technician captures each officer on the BSIS Security Guard Live Scan form, with the firearm form added where a post is armed.
Submit to DOJ & FBI
Prints transmit electronically the same visit, coded so the Bureau receives the result for the guard-card determination.
Documented record
You receive a completion record per officer for your compliance file, on one invoice to the company.
Quote-Based, Billed to the Company
Volume and onsite pricing depends on how many guards and how far we travel, so we quote it rather than publish a fixed rate.
Per-officer, lower with volume
A flat per-officer rate that decreases as the count grows. The DOJ fee is passed through at cost and quoted at order; for guard cards the FBI fee is included, never marked up.
Onsite by headcount & distance
For onsite work, a dispatch fee plus the per-officer rate, quoted by headcount and travel distance anywhere in Northern California — a whole hiring wave in one visit.
Net-30 for the company
Patrol operators hiring on a recurring basis bill on 30-day net terms under a standing account, so officers never pay at the kiosk and you schedule without re-quoting.
Starting or incorporating a patrol company? Our office partner TruPoint Legal handles California LLC and corporation formation and document preparation in the same San Jose office.
Quinnie Do
Quinnie founded Fingerscan Digital to give California patrol operators one accountable vendor that keeps guard clearances moving. She runs onsite high-volume events for private patrol and alarm companies — capturing each officer on the correct BSIS form and handing back a record for the compliance file, so a post is filled without waiting on a wrong-form delay.
You can confirm Fingerscan Digital’s California DOJ-certified Live Scan provider status on the California Attorney General’s directory before you book.
What Patrol Operators Ask Us
The application stalls. Guard prints must go on the BSIS Security Guard Request for Live Scan form, which carries the coding that routes the result to the Bureau. A generic or wrong-coded form delays or misroutes the submission, and the hire waits on a determination that should already be moving. We submit on the correct form for each role so it routes the first time.
No. A guard cannot perform security duties until BSIS issues the registration, and working unregistered is a misdemeanor under Business and Professions Code 7582. Posting an uncleared officer exposes the company, which is why operators get the Live Scan in early and on the right form to keep the determination moving.
Yes. We provide a completion record per officer showing the submission was made, which you keep with your compliance file. Employers must maintain registration and training records for each officer, and on a BSIS audit missing documentation draws fines per officer, so a clean record for every submission protects the company.
Yes. A BSIS guard-card registration requires a DOJ and FBI criminal-history check completed by Live Scan, alongside the Power to Arrest training. Every contract security guard, and proprietary in-house security officers, must clear that background check before they can be registered and stand a post.
Yes. A DOJ-certified technician brings Live Scan to your office or post and clears a whole onboarding wave in one visit across Northern California, with no minimum and last-minute or emergency dispatch available. Headcount and location are captured on the quote form so we can scope the event and bill the company.
Yes. An exposed-firearm guard needs a separate Security Guard with Firearm Live Scan in addition to the guard card, and the firearm permit also involves a BSIS assessment. We capture the firearm Live Scan in the same visit as the standard guard submission so an armed post is not held up by a second trip.
We handle those too. A proprietary private security officer registers with BSIS and completes the same DOJ and FBI background check and Power to Arrest training as a contract guard, even though it is a different registration. We capture the Live Scan on the correct form for that registration type.
Yes. We bill the company on a standing net-30 account so officers never pay at the kiosk, and the government fee is passed through at cost. You get one record back per officer for the compliance file instead of reimbursing individual receipts.
Tell Us About Your Guards
We will send a quote and set up the account. Onsite high-volume capture on the correct BSIS form, with a record for your compliance file — billed to your company.
Keep Your Guard Clearances Moving
Tell us how many officers and when. We capture them onsite on the correct BSIS form, submit to the DOJ and FBI, and document each one for your compliance file.