Fingerprint Live Scan

Fingerprint Boston helps you get an FBI background check fast, then helps you get that document authenticated for use in another country. Based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, we serve clients across Greater Boston, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, along with people preparing to live, work or study abroad.

An FBI background check, also called an Identity History Summary, is a fingerprint-based record of your criminal history held by the FBI. Foreign governments ask for one when you apply for a residency visa, a work permit, citizenship by descent, an overseas teaching position or an international adoption. We capture your prints and submit them through an FBI-approved channeler, so your result returns electronically, often within a few business days rather than the weeks a mail-in request takes.

When your FBI check is headed overseas, the receiving country usually requires an apostille. An apostille is a federal authentication, issued by the United States Department of State, that makes your document valid in any country that belongs to the Hague Apostille Convention. We handle the fingerprinting and connect you to apostille service, so the path from prints to an authenticated document runs through one team. You make one set of decisions instead of coordinating separate vendors.

We also roll FD-258 ink cards for clients abroad and for agencies that require a physical card mailed in. If you are outside the United States, we explain how to get your prints rolled locally and mailed to us. If you are here and planning a move, we get you printed and submitted in one appointment.

Accuracy matters most when a document crosses a border. A certified fingerprint technician grades every print against the FBI standard before submission and re-rolls any weak finger on the spot. A rejected print means no result, which means no apostille, which means a missed deadline. We prevent that at the source.

We work by appointment, with clear pricing told to you up front. The FBI background check service fee is $125. The FD-258 ink card is $49.95, with each additional card $25. Apostille and any government fee are quoted separately, so you know the full cost before you start.

Immigration applicants, dual citizens, overseas workers, international students and adoptive families rely on us to get the federal part right and the timing tight. Foreign governments often want a recent document, so we help you plan the request to your deadline rather than find a recency problem at the consulate.

Fingerprint Boston is operated by Biz International Corp. We handle your prints and identity documents with care and never claim credentials we have not earned. If you need an FBI background check for use abroad, book an appointment and start early, because the steps are sequential and the timing adds up.

We serve people headed to Hague Convention countries across Europe, Latin America, Asia and beyond, where an apostille is the single step that makes your FBI check valid. If your destination is not a Hague member, we explain the legalization path instead, so you prepare the right authentication from the start. From your first appointment to a document your destination country accepts, you have one team and one point of contact.