FBI Background Check for Your Immigration Case

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Before you apply for citizenship, a green card or DACA, it helps to know which arrests are on your record. We help you request your FBI summary and understand it.

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The FBI keeps a fingerprint based record of arrests. You can request a copy of your own record, which the FBI calls an Identity History Summary. The request is made with your fingerprints, online or by mail, following the FBI's official instructions.

In immigration cases, USCIS takes your fingerprints at the biometrics appointment and checks FBI records. Requesting your own summary before you file lets you see what USCIS will see: old arrests, cases that were dismissed or reduced, and arrests that appear without a final outcome.

If an arrest appears without an outcome, you usually need the certified disposition from the court that handled the case. Georgia also keeps a state record at the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC), part of the GBI.

If your record has an error, the law lets you ask for a correction, either from the FBI or from the agency that submitted the information (28 C.F.R. § 16.34).

Steps You Should Take

Request your FBI summary

Follow the FBI's official instructions to submit your fingerprints and request.

List every arrest and court

Write down each arrest you remember, the city or county and the court, even if the case was closed.

Get certified dispositions

We request, or show you how to request, the official outcome of each case from the court clerk.

We review the immigration effect

Before you file with USCIS, we review each case and how it may affect your application. Call us at (770) 609-9396.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why request my FBI record if USCIS checks it anyway?

Because it is better to know first. Many people do not remember an old arrest or believe a closed case will not show up. If we know before filing, we can gather the court dispositions and address each matter from the start.

How do I request my FBI summary?

With your fingerprints, online or by mail, following the FBI's instructions. FBI approved companies (called channelers) also handle requests. We point you to the official option and review the result with you.

Does the FBI record show everything?

Not always. It may show an arrest without saying how it ended, and it may leave out some local cases. That is why immigration cases usually also need certified court dispositions.

What is a certified disposition?

An official court record showing how the case ended: for example, whether it was dismissed, whether there was a plea or conviction, and the sentence. You request it from the clerk of the court that handled the case.

Does requesting my record put me at risk?

Requesting your own record does not open an immigration case. But if you have a record, talk to a lawyer before filing anything with USCIS, because some offenses have serious immigration consequences.