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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the national law-enforcement agency in the U.S. The FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., provides direction and support to 56 field offices, about 400 satellite offices, 4 specialized field installations, and more than 40 liaison posts. Each foreign liaison office is headed by a legal officer who works with both U.S. and local authorities abroad on criminal matters that fall under FBI jurisdiction, including cases of immigration and visa fraud.

Even if you’re an immigrant already living in the United States, you’ll have some dealings with the FBI, because applicants for all immigration benefits are required by law to have their fingerprints taken by the USCIS or a designated state or local law-enforcement agency. The fingerprints are then checked against the FBI’s international database. Before allowing you to live here, the U.S. government wants to make sure you’re not currently wanted for any crimes and that your record is free from crimes that present bars to immigration and naturalization (you can find more about this in Chapter 3). If your record has nothing to show, you may never realize you had a brush with the FBI, but rest assured that your USCIS-obtained fingerprints did.

For more information about fingerprints, see USCIS Preparing for Your Biometric Services Appointment (www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-guidance/preparing-for-your-biometric-services-appointment).

To obtain a copy of your FBI identification record, submit a written request via the U.S. mail directly to the FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, ATTN: SCU, Mod. D-2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, WV 26306. This request must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of identity, which shall consist of name, date and place of birth, and a set of rolled-inked fingerprint impressions placed upon fingerprint cards or forms commonly utilized for applicant or law enforcement purposes by law enforcement agencies.