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Background Checks & Biometrics · Miami · Bogotá · from your city

FBI Background Report & Apostille Service – Handled End to End, from Fingerprints to Delivery

The official FBI criminal history report with the U.S. Department of State apostille, handled by one team: fingerprints at our Miami office, at our Bogotá office or in your own city with the FD-258 card. The price and the estimated date, in writing before you pay.

We are not the FBI or part of the U.S. Government. We are not a law firm.

Three routes, one report

Miami · LiveScan or FD-258at our Brickell office, by appointment · from 110 USD

Bogotá · LiveScan or FD-258at our Bogotá office, by appointment · from 188 USD

From your city · FD-258 kitkit by courier or card by email · from 155 USD

Prices from our online store, checked on October 9, 2026.

What it is

The federal record of your criminal history, apostilled for use abroad.

The FBI background check —officially, the FBI Identity History Summary— is the federal criminal history record of the United States. It is issued by the FBI’s CJIS Division (Criminal Justice Information Services, in Clarksburg, West Virginia) from your fingerprints: the FBI does not search by name.

For a foreign authority to accept it, it must carry the Hague Convention apostille, which for federal documents is issued only by the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. If the destination country is not a party to the Convention, consular legalization applies.

Rule · 28 CFR §§ 16.30–16.34: anyone may request their own Identity History Summary from the FBI, identified by fingerprints.

The FBI report (Identity History Summary) attached to the U.S. Department of State apostille under the 1961 Hague Convention
The FBI report and the Department of State apostille: two documents that travel together

Who needs it?

Visa or residence

Work, study or residence in countries that ask for a U.S. criminal record: Spain, Italy, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina, among others.

Naturalization

Nationality processes that ask for the record of the years lived in the United States.

International adoption

Adoption files that require the apostilled federal report of each adopter.

Degrees and licenses

Recognition of studies and professional licenses that ask for a record from the country where you practiced.

Employment abroad

Employers and regulated sectors that ask for the federal report, not a state one.

Visas in Colombia

Colombia’s Resolución 5477 asks applicants who lived in the United States for a recent criminal record certificate.

Pricing · USD · checked October 9, 2026

One price per office, profile and level.

Choose where your fingerprints are taken and your immigration profile. Every package includes fingerprinting, filing with the FBI and, where indicated, the U.S. Department of State apostille. Pay online or message us on WhatsApp.

Office and profile

Fingerprints or FBI report only

With regular apostille

With express apostille

Miami · LiveScan

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Fingerprints or FBI report only110 USDPay →

With regular apostille345 USDPay →

With express apostille390 USDPay →

Miami · FD-258 card in person

Non-citizen

Fingerprints or FBI report only155 USDPay →

With regular apostille390 USDPay →

With express apostille435 USDPay →

Bogotá · LiveScan

U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Fingerprints or FBI report only195 USDPay →

With regular apostille440 USDPay →

With express apostille490 USDPay →

Bogotá · FD-258 card in person

Non-citizen

Fingerprints or FBI report only188 USD FD-258 card onlyPay →

336 USD FBI reportPay →

With regular apostille586 USDPay →

With express apostille631 USDPay →

From your city · FD-258 kit

Any profile

Fingerprints or FBI report only155 USDPay →

With regular apostille390 USDPay →

With express apostille435 USDPay →

Standalone apostille for FBI reports already issued: 235 USD regular · 280 USD express (see the service). Fingerprint retakes: with LiveScan, free with the FBI’s rejection letter; with an FD-258 card, 50% of the no-apostille package or 78 USD with apostille. International courier is quoted separately. Pay by card, wire transfer or Zelle; an invoice with every payment.

Process map

How it works, in five steps.

1

Assessment

On WhatsApp, tell us which authority the document is for and where you are. We confirm the route, the price and the estimated date, in writing.

2

Fingerprints

In Miami, in Bogotá or in your city with the FD-258 card we send you by courier or by email. We review every set before filing.

3

Filing

Through an FBI-approved channeler when your case allows it, or by mail to the FBI in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Tracked until the report is issued.

4

Apostille

If you order it, we request it from the Department of State in Washington, D.C., regular or express.

5

Delivery

The apostilled report as a PDF and, if you need it, the original by tracked courier, quoted separately.

How we work

You do three things. We do the rest.

You

Three steps

You write to us and tell us which authority the document is for and where you are.

You have your fingerprints taken in Miami, in Bogotá or in your city with the kit.

You receive the apostilled PDF and, if you asked for it, the original at your address.

Us

Everything else

We tell you the right route, the price and the estimated date before you pay.

We review the prints: if one does not read, it is retaken before filing, not after.

We file with the FBI and track the request.

We request the apostille from the Department of State.

We deliver the result digitally and, if you ask, by courier.

The expert who reviews your case
Claudio Enrique Pita, Partner y Consultor Senior de Compliance Officers

Claudio Enrique Pita

Partner and Senior Consultant · Compliance Officers

He reviews every file before it is filed with the FBI and before it goes to the Department of State: the fingerprint that won’t read, the name that doesn’t match the passport or the apostille the destination doesn’t require are caught here, not in Washington.

Accreditation
Accredited Security Consultant

Colombia’s Superintendencia de Vigilancia y Seguridad Privada · Resolution 20224440036037

Specialty
Forensic fingerprint examiner

More than 29 years in personal, asset and infrastructure security

LiveScan provider
FDLE official list

We are on the FDLE’s list of LiveScan providers (Florida)

Frequently asked questions

What people ask us about the FBI background check with apostille.

Short answers. If your case is specific, write to us: we reply in writing within one business day.

It is the FBI Identity History Summary: the federal criminal history record of the United States, issued by the FBI’s CJIS Division from your fingerprints. It is requested for visas and residence permits, naturalization, international adoptions and jobs in regulated sectors. To use it outside the United States, it is almost always required with the U.S. Department of State apostille.

It depends on the office, your profile and the level:

  • FBI report only: 1–2 business days for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, in Miami or Bogotá; for non-citizens, 12–15 business days in Miami and 12–18 in Bogotá.
  • With express apostille: 12–15 business days for citizens and residents; for non-citizens, 6–7 weeks in Miami and 7–8 in Bogotá.
  • With regular apostille: 4–5 weeks for citizens and residents; for non-citizens, 8–10 weeks in Miami and 9–11 in Bogotá.
  • With the FD-258 kit from your city: 12–15 business days for the report only, 6–7 weeks with express apostille and 8–10 with regular apostille, from the day the card reaches Miami.

Timelines start once we have your complete documents, and we confirm the estimated date in writing before you pay.

No. You can have your fingerprints taken at our Bogotá office, by appointment, or in your own city with the FD-258 card we send you by courier or by email: you can take them yourself, with our guide, or at a police station in your country. We review the card before filing to reduce the risk of rejection.

Any country that is party to the 1961 Hague Convention —including Spain, Italy, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru and Chile— takes the report with the U.S. Department of State apostille. If your destination is not a party to the Convention, consular legalization applies. We confirm the requirement for your destination.

It depends on the office and your profile: in Miami, from 110 USD; with the FD-258 kit from your city, from 155 USD; in Bogotá, from 188 USD. With regular apostille, from 345 USD. The full table, by office, profile and level, is on this page, with online payment.

Your valid passport and your fingerprints, taken at our offices or on the FD-258 card from the kit. For the remote route, you also send us the original card to Miami. We tell you what to sign and in which order.

The request has to be filed again with new prints. With LiveScan, the new capture is free with the FBI’s rejection letter; with an FD-258 card, the resubmission fee is 50% of the no-apostille package, or 78 USD with apostille. To avoid it, we review every print before filing.

Yes. The standalone apostille for an FBI report already issued costs 235 USD regular (4–5 weeks) or 280 USD express (10–12 business days). See the apostille service.

No. We are a private compliance firm. You can request your report directly from the FBI (fbi.gov); we charge for fingerprinting, review, filing and the apostille, in addition to the government fees.

Contact

Tell us about your case.

No obligation. We reply in writing within one business day; if your matter is not something we handle, we will tell you who to turn to.

What we will ask you

Which authority or country the document is for.

Your immigration profile: U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or other.

Where you can have your fingerprints taken: in Miami, in Bogotá or in your own city, with the FD-258 card we send you by courier or by email.

When you need it by.

With that, we tell you the route, the price and the estimated date in writing, before you pay.

Your data is used only to answer this request.

Transparency

Who we are before the FDLE and the FBI, and what we charge.

Private company. We are not the FBI, the FDLE or any agency of the U.S. Government. We are on the FDLE’s official list of LiveScan providers for the capture and electronic transmission of fingerprints.

What we charge. A fee for our services —fingerprinting, review, filing, apostille and delivery—, in addition to the government fees.

Official alternatives. You can request your report directly from the FBI (fbi.gov) and find information about the FDLE at fdle.state.fl.us.

Service pages and guides

Choose your route or settle a specific question.

Miami

FBI background check in Miami

LiveScan or FD-258 in person at our Brickell office, by appointment.

Colombia

FBI background check in Colombia

LiveScan or FD-258 at our Bogotá office; apostille coordinated from Miami.

From your country

FBI background check from abroad

No travel: we send you the FD-258 card by courier or by email and review it before filing.

Guide

FBI Identity History Summary

What the report is, which fingerprint card the FBI accepts and how to request it from abroad.

Guide

FD-258 fingerprint card

Why submissions get rejected and what the card itself has to meet.

Florida

LiveScan fingerprints for Florida licenses

DBPR, AHCA and other Florida agencies that require LiveScan.

Next step

Tell us about your case. We tell you the route, the price and the estimated date.

No obligation. We reply in writing within one business day. Offices in Miami (175 SW 7th St, Suite 1905, Brickell) and Bogotá · Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Miami time.

Compliance Officers · Riveros International Business Corp · +1 305 647 3000 · info@complianceofficers.org · We are not the FBI or part of the U.S. Government.