FBI REPORTS FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY APPLICATION

To add onto this... please remember that FBI Reports EXPIRE. After it is issued, you've got 90 days to use it. So don't sit too long on these when you get them.

If the document does not clearly say it expires in 90 days, then Migration Office considers polic reports valid for 6 months

I would like to add something about the FBI and the reports for use in this application. I personally spoke with the Field Director of the agency in San Antonio,Texas and later conferred with another agent via telephone and it takes up to 6 weeks to get your finger prints checked and validated if you use their main location for this procedure in West Virginia...therefore, they have designated agents "channelers" to perform the field tests[b] (electronic finger printing) at numerous preapproved locations.



FBI-Approved Channelers

List of FBI-Approved Channelers for Departmental Order Submissions

FBI-approved Channelers receive the fingerprint submission and relevant data, collect the associated fee(s), electronically forward the fingerprint submission with the necessary information to the FBI CJIS Division for a national criminal history record check, and receive the electronic record check result for dissemination to the individual. An FBI-approved Channeler simply helps expedite the criminal history record information on behalf of the FBI.

The process for making a request through an FBI-approved Channeler is consistent with FBI submission procedures. Please note that an FBI-approved Channeler may have different methods or processes for submissions. Furthermore, additional fees may apply above the FBI fee for requests submitted through an FBI-approved Channeler. Contact each Channeler for processing times.

An individual requesting their FBI Identification Record or proof that a record does not exist through FBI-approved Channelers should contact the Channeler directly for complete information and instructions.

Note: Please review the information below regarding the use of FBI-approved Channelers:

    An FBI-approved Channeler may only process requests for a U.S. person (an individual who is a citizen of the U.S. or a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.).
    An FBI-approved Channeler cannot authenticate (apostille) fingerprint search results. A request for your FBI Identification Record or proof that a record does not exist must be submitted directly to the FBI if an apostille is needed.
    An FBI-approved Channeler cannot process a request for employment and/or licensing purposes within the United States. This type of request should be coordinated with the appropriate state identification bureau (or state police) for the correct procedures.

The reports issued for both me and my mother were accepted without any hesitation here in Asuncion. We did include the finger prints and background checks conducted by the Texas State Department of Public Safety as additional information and had all of this "legalized" in advance at the Los Angeles Consulate General of Paraguay.

*A footnote: you will be required to "visit" Interpol in Asuncion for your residency card and go through the old fashioned roll the finger in the ink set of prints (take some hand cleaner along.)[/b]

US FBI reports are good for 6 months according to the folks at the Migration office just the other day.