Please post your FBI request times.

[JIM0511]

We received ours 8 weeks to the day...now to send them off with our file number and client ID to Buffalo

 

[FHRocker]

Anyone else get the new form to fill out for the cover sheet? Before it was just a letter now it's a nice sized form to fill out. Do we have to include return postage now?

 

[Iamrobot85]

I don't know about the new form, but I included a Self addressed stamped envelope with my request and it was mailed back in a big manila envelope with my SASE inside. The FBI rap sheet wasn't even in the envelope! So return postage probably isn't important.

 

[mikeyvr]

Request sent on Oct 15th , called today and they received on Oct 22, in process

 

[chrimano]

I mailed my first request (fingerprints done at the local police station) with USPS standard Sep. 29th and they received it Oct. 4th. I did a bank check so I could not track when they started to process it. They letter says returned on Nov. 11th the stamp on the envelope was on Nov. 19th and I received it today. Result: "No arrest record"
Total time from sending to receiving exactly 8 weeks.
In case they could not read my prints I wanted to make sure that I do not waste too much time so I sent a second set of fingerprints (this time with FedEx) processed electronically and printed on paper on Nov 2nd, the FBI received it Nov3rd.
this time I chose the credit card as payment form and they took the money on Friday Nov. 19th. Now I wonder when I will get the answer this time.
I also wrote on the application form and on the envelope that I understand there is no expedite service but that I would need it for immigration papers and that there is a time limit and that I would appreciate an answer by Nov. 30st.

Hope this helps

 

[ocu_canadian]

Does anyone know the number where my wife can call about her fingerprints? Thanks

 

[chrimano]

Customer Service Group :304-625-5590
you could also email them:
Liaison @ leo.gov

 

[CharlieD10]

My prints were received at the FBI on Thurs, Oct 21, my husband got my results back today, Thurs Dec 9. Exactly 7 weeks.

 

[Harju]

We had a second set of prints done:

Received: Oct 27/10
Returned: Dec 1/10
Date of letter: Dec 13/10
Received in mail: Dec 20/10

That's about 6.5 weeks processing and one week in the mail.

 

[coldgirl]

Can someone tell me if I need to send a prepaid postage with my background check? Thanks.

 

[Harju]

No, you do not need to send prepaid postage. We have sent in 4 prints and never any prepaid postage. The results just get mailed back in the regular mail. Some people send a prepaid fedex envelope so the return is faster and can be tracked.

 

[coldgirl]

oh okay, thanks a lot. One less thing to pay for.

 

[islandgirl25]

hi everyone! i sent my prints out 12-03-2010 from florida...they were digital...i'm not sure, but i think i just saw that they don't process digital prints...i haven't gotten a response...should i do more prints, the old fashioned way?? thanks

 

[Harju]

I believe that digital prints are accepted as long as they are printed onto the prescribed FBI card. I am sure you can find posts about it back in this thread.

 

[islandgirl25]

I believe that digital prints are accepted as long as they are printed onto the prescribed FBI card. I am sure you can find posts about it back in this thread.

k..thank you! they were printed on he police station's card..it looks identical to the FBI's card, only it's a "card" and not a piece of paper