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If you would like to request your own FBI file, if you have one, the link with step-by-step instructions are: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm http://w

by ttol 17y ago

If you would like to request your own FBI file, if you have one, the link with step-by-step instructions are: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm

pyre 17y ago
I had to request my FBI file once, and there was none. But the papers they send you are woefully misleading. It says something to the effect of 'Below are all the documents:' and under the rest of the page is blank. A 'None exist' would have been a little helpful. I kept thinking that they forgot to mail me some other page, but I was able to get by with what they gave me. IIRC the cost was $18. But don't send a personal cheque, or you'll get a call from some FBI processing person directing you to fax them credit card authorization or to completely refile the request. Mine took like 7 or 8 months to process. It was 3 or 4 months after I sent off the request before I got the call about the issue with payment through a personal cheque, which gives you an idea of what the backlog was probably like. This was around 2 years ago.
- there 17y ago
  and you have to give them your fingerprints which i'm assuming will then be on file for any other law enforcement agency to use.
  - pyre 17y ago
    Not sure what the point of this comment is. Fingerprints are one of the requirements for requesting any law enforcement records (not court documents) so far as I know. It's not like this is some sort of insidious process where you don't realize they are going to take your fingerprints until it's too late for you to back out because there is a gun against your head. The entire process is basically: 1. Get fingerprints on a card of acceptable format by a 'professional.' 2. Send in fingerprint card, request and payment. As for me, it's hard to go through the immigration process without proving that you're not a criminal in your country of origin. That, and I have my fingerprints on record anyways. I had a class 3 gaming license in NY state. The NY State Police took my fingerprints for that.

by ttol 17y ago

If you would like to request your own FBI file, if you have one, the link with step-by-step instructions are: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm

pyre 17y ago

I had to request my FBI file once, and there was none. But the papers they send you are woefully misleading. It says something to the effect of 'Below are all the documents:' and under the rest of the page is blank. A 'None exist' would have been a little helpful. I kept thinking that they forgot to mail me some other page, but I was able to get by with what they gave me. IIRC the cost was $18. But don't send a personal cheque, or you'll get a call from some FBI processing person directing you to fax them credit card authorization or to completely refile the request. Mine took like 7 or 8 months to process. It was 3 or 4 months after I sent off the request before I got the call about the issue with payment through a personal cheque, which gives you an idea of what the backlog was probably like. This was around 2 years ago.

there 17y ago
and you have to give them your fingerprints which i'm assuming will then be on file for any other law enforcement agency to use.
- pyre 17y ago
  Not sure what the point of this comment is. Fingerprints are one of the requirements for requesting any law enforcement records (not court documents) so far as I know. It's not like this is some sort of insidious process where you don't realize they are going to take your fingerprints until it's too late for you to back out because there is a gun against your head. The entire process is basically: 1. Get fingerprints on a card of acceptable format by a 'professional.' 2. Send in fingerprint card, request and payment. As for me, it's hard to go through the immigration process without proving that you're not a criminal in your country of origin. That, and I have my fingerprints on record anyways. I had a class 3 gaming license in NY state. The NY State Police took my fingerprints for that.