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Fingerprinting Services

Streamline your fingerprint-based Criminal History Record Information checks using FBI electronic fingerprint submission (EFS).  

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Enhance the Fingerprinting  Experience 

Getting fingerprinted can be intimidating. Create a convenient and intuitive fingerprinting service experience for your employees and candidates with our proprietary Live Scan electronic fingerprint submission (EFS).

Struggling finding where to schedule FBI fingerprinting for employers? With fingerprint capture locations across 50 states and in Washington, D.C., the majority of the US population is within a 30-minute drive of an FBI fingerprint submission services location.

The system walks your candidate through each step of electronic fingerprint submission (EFS), with on-screen instructions and video tutorials where needed. Plus, trained fingerprint technicians help with fingerprint capture.

Our user-friendly electronic fingerprint submission (EFS) technology provides real-time quality analysis to minimize FBI rejections, accelerating FBI fingerprinting turnaround time. Once fingerprint capture is complete, the fingerprints are submitted for review.

Provide secure and professional FBI fingerprinting services for your candidates using an FBI approved channeler fingerprinting. Our systems are FBI compliant by design to protect personal information throughout the fingerprinting process.

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Let Us Handle Fingerprinting Complexity

Simplify your FBI fingerprint submission services with First Advantage.

  • Consolidate your fingerprinting for employers and background checks with a single provider
  • Enhance your candidate experience with simplified fingerprinting and user-friendly FBI electronic fingerprint submission (EFS)
  • Help protect your business with informed guidance from an FBI approved fingerprinting channeler with proven expertise.
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Our Expansive Fingerprinting Services

Wondering how to submit FBI fingerprints for background checks? We can help you consolidate and streamline your fingerprint-based criminal history information checks and make it easier to conduct FBI fingerprinting for employers.

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Collect required fingerprinting data along with background check information and utilize user-friendly electronic fingerprint submission (EFS) for fingerprint capture that includes real-time quality analysis to minimize FBI rejections.

Let First Advantage manage the fingerprint process for you. As an FBI approved channeler fingerprinting, we can handle the entire process, including electronic fingerprint submission (EFS) and results delivery to the authorized recipient.

Simplify FINRA fingerprint requirements for your employees in financial roles. As the designated fingerprint provider for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), we handle FINRA fingerprinting services from start to finish through First Advantage Biometrics.

Enhanced Experiences

How Live Scan Fingerprint Capture Works 

Gain faster results and a simplified experience for your candidates with our streamlined, technology-enabled FBI fingerprinting services.

Your candidate or employee selects a convenient location to provide their fingerprints. Once registered, they receive an email with instructions for completing the FBI fingerprinting services.

Our intuitive interface prompts your candidate through providing their details. When they are ready for fingerprint capture, a trained technician assists. Real-time image quality analysis helps to minimize FBI rejections.

First Advantage submits the candidate’s fingerprints via FBI electronic fingerprint submission (EFS).

Results are returned to the authorized recipient, often within minutes of completing the FBI electronic fingerprint submission (EFS).

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Why First Advantage?

Our commitment to advanced technology not only streamlines your candidate experience but also accelerates the delivery of fingerprinting results.

Through First Advantage Biometrics, we are the sole provider for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and two of 21 FBI approved channelers3. We simplify FBI fingerprinting services with fast, state-of-the-art FBI electronic fingerprint submission backed by proven industry expertise.

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Fingerprinting FAQs 

FBI electronic fingerprint submission (EFS) is the electronic capture and submission of fingerprints using a digital scanning device. This method is faster and cleaner than traditional hard card methods of capture, and often facilitates faster fingerprint-based criminal record results. First Advantage has an expansive US network of convenient Live Scan fingerprinting locations in 50 states and Washington D.C.

When you go for fingerprinting, please bring two forms of identification. One of these documents needs to be a non-expired government-issued photo identification. Additionally, at least one of the documents needs to have your current US address. Note that copies of identification documents are not acceptable. Further, please bring a copy of the email or paper registration form that includes your appointment information and any required QR code, if applicable.

FBI fingerprinting turnaround time can vary according to the collection method. Results for fingerprints collected using electronic fingerprint submission (EFS) technology are often delivered in minutes. In comparison, results via traditional hard card submissions can take weeks. The vast majority of fingerprints captured through First Advantage Biometrics are captured using Live Scan electronic fingerprint submission (EFS) technology.

In most situations, there must be a statutory requirement for someone to get fingerprinted. A person can be required to be fingerprinted for a number of different reasons, including employment in roles that involve handling sensitive information or require specific professional licensing. Fingerprinting can also be required for security clearances, immigration processes, certain government applications, or working with vulnerable populations. Fingerprints can also be provided for review of your personal criminal history information.

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Whether you are looking for a simplified candidate experience or want to consolidate your FBI fingerprinting services with your background screening partner, we can help.

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Sources:   1: First Advantage as of 12/31/2025  2: Through First Advantage Biometrics  3: Federal Bureau of Investigation, December 2024

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