Apostille FBI Background Checks

How To Apostille
FBI Background Checks

If you’re trying to find out how to get FBI apostille services near me look no further because we only need three things from you to complete the FBI background check apostille expedited service process.

First, download your original FBI identity history summary checks report PDF that you ordered online and were issued by one of the twelve official FBI-approved Channeler company websites in the United States or you ordered directly through edo.cjis.gov.

Next, upload the original PDF (you cannot upload a .jpeg, .png, or ZIP file – PDF only) of your FBI criminal background check report onto our FBI apostille services order form page (click below on the the blue order button in step #3 to be instantly directed there).

This is by far the fastest, best, and least expensive way to order FBI apostille services because you can bypass having to physically mail your original FBI background check report to us or to the U.S Department of State to receive a federal apostille certificate or federal authentication certificate on your FBI records check reports.

You do not and cannot notarize any FBI background check report or FBI identity history summary check report because federal FBI apostille requirements do not require this.

No notarization is needed for this type of legal document because FBI identity history summary checks and FBI criminal background checks are considered federal recordable documents.

Your FBI criminal record check report must have been issued within the last SIX MONTHS or less (the date listed in the upper right-hand corner) to be accepted by the USA Department of State to FBI apostille or FBI authenticate for any foreign country in the world.

If your FBI identity history summary checks report is older than SIX MONTHS you must reorder and get issued a new current FBI criminal background check report.

Also, note that some foreign countries will only accept apostille FBI background check PDF reports that are 90 days or less old. That is why we highly recommend that you upload and order your FBI rap sheet report to rush apostille with us within a few days of receiving your FBI background check report from a FBI channeler company or FBI.gov that you online ordered through.

You do not mail or drop off your FBI criminal background check report to us to federally apostille or authenticate. You simply upload the original PDF FBI criminal background check report along with a prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label onto our expedited FBI apostille services order form page (see step #3 below).

The lone exception is if you didn’t choose the PDF/electronic/digital download option at the time of when you ordered your FBI background check online and you were only physically mailed an FBI criminal background check report.

In this case, you must mail or drop off (you cannot email) to us the original FBI background check report that you received in the mail (we do not need the envelope you received them in) to receive a federal authentication certification or federal apostille certification.

Please be aware you cannot make photocopies of your FBI report fingerprint or scan and email us your mailed FBI identity history summary checks report original documents because they are security watermarked by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

Second, upload onto our FBI apostille expedite order form page us a prepaid FedEx or UPS return shipping label (we do not accept air waybills) that you can create and purchase online at FedEx.com or UPS.com from anywhere in the world without needing to have an existing account set up with them. You can also visit any UPS Store or FedEx Office location to purchase a prepaid return shipping label as well.  

DO NOT use the United States Postal Service (USPS) because they lose things constantly
(potentially your FBI criminal background check report) and are completely unreliable and slow.

The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your FBI background check apostille back to you or to wherever and whomever in the world that you want it shipped to.

On the prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label that you must provide us please list the senders (from) mailing address as your name/address or any U.S address because you cannot list our company name or address as the from/sender for liability reasons. Then for the receiver’s address (to) just list the name/address of where and who you want your FBI criminal background check apostille mailed back to. 

It was taking from 3-4 weeks (fastest) to 13-14 weeks (slowest) time between 2020-2024 for the U.S State Department to process and issue federal apostille certificates and federal authentication certificates on all federal documents including FBI fingerprinting background check reports once they were submitted to their office in Washington, DC in the post-COVID world. 

The United States Department of State office publicly announced that beginning on October 1^st, 2024 they will finally (thank the apostille FBI gods) reopen their doors for rush apostille walk-in services after being closed to the general public for over 4 1/2 years. 

The three new U.S State Department rules and FBI apostille processing times start October 1st, 2024 are:

1. Any person, apostille services company or apostille agent will only be able to submit 15 documents per day.
2. The USDOS working days and times are now reduced to only being open Monday through Thursday 8am-9am excluding federal holidays. (Yes, the USDOS apostille office is only open to the general public 16 total hours per month!)
3. Apostilled or authenticated issued FBI identity history summary check reports or FBI background check reports can be picked up 7-9 BUSINESS DAYS after they’ve been hand-submitted to the US Department of State by any person, FBI apostille services companies, or FBI apostille agents. 

The USA State Department does not give us or anyone updates of any kind once we submit your FBI criminal history records report to them in-person so we cannot give you any type of FBI apostille services order status updates once you place your rush FBI apostille services order with us (welcome to the completely broken federal government system since COVID).

Only on the day the US State Department issues a federal apostille certificate or federal authentication certificate on your FBI background check report will they notify us.

Click on the below links for easy step-by-step screenshot directions on how to create a prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label online in only a few minutes.

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-fedex-return-shipping-label/

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-ups-return-shipping-label/

If you want your FBI identity history summary check report mailed back to you or to someone else internationally (USA to a foreign country) please also provide us with a customs invoice (also called a commercial invoice).

See the two links below to download and make sure to sign the custom prefilled out for you templates that shipping companies (FedEx, UPS) will normally require you to include whenever you ship documents internationally to certain countries. 

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-fedex-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-ups-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

Third, you will need to complete and sign our rush FBI apostille services order form that can be instantly done by clicking on the blue FBI apostille services order button at the bottom of this page.

You do not need to upload or send us any type of government FBI apostille forms because we have specific federal apostille FBI forms that we must fill out and use when we do expedited FBI walk-in services for our clients at the U.S Department of State office. 

We cannot accept or process your FBI background check report apostille request by mail, upload, or drop off until we receive a properly completed expedited FBI apostille services order form from you.

If you will be dropping your FBI background check report off at our office in person you must bring this completed FBI apostille services order form in with you along with any other documents that you want us to rush apostille or authenticate for you and a prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label.

When you arrive at our apostille office walk up to our front lobby receptionist desk area and tell them that you have FBI criminal background check report to dropoff for Apostille Texas. Detailed directions and pictures of our office and office building are on our contact us page as well for you to view.

Please also understand your FBI identity history summary checks report will not and cannot be federally apostilled or federally authenticated onsite at our apostille office so this isn’t expedited FBI apostille services walk-in services.

The only legal and government entity in the U.S.A that can issue federal apostille certificates and federal authentication certificates on FBI background check reports is the U.S Department of State office located in Washington D.C. This is where we will personally submit by hand your FBI background check reports to the Department of State on your behalf.

Lastly, we do not have these expedited FBI apostille services order forms available at our front desk receptionist area.

So if you choose to drop your FBI identity history summary checks report off at our apostille office please make sure to print out and bring this expedited FBI apostille services order form in with you or alternatively you can complete online the completed U.S State Department apostille services order form ahead of time.