You do not have to fly back to the United States. Get fingerprinted on a card where you are, mail it to us, and we run your FBI background check for $95. Then you apostille it online in 7 to 10 business days.
Whether you are renewing residency, switching visa types, or you simply did not get it done before you left, needing an FBI background check while you are already in Spain feels like a trap. Flights home are expensive, U.S. fingerprinting locations are an ocean away, and the standard mail-in apostille timeline is 5 to 12 weeks. There is a faster way that does not require leaving Spain.
Two simple shipments and an online upload. That is it.
Get your fingerprints rolled onto a standard FD-258 card. A Spanish police station (comisaria), a private ink-fingerprinting service, or in some cases a U.S. consulate can do this.
Mail the card to our Alexandria office and order our mail-in FBI background check for $95. We submit it to the FBI immediately so your result comes back fast.
We email you instructions to access and download your FBI background check yourself, so you have it in hand wherever you are.
Upload your FBI check to our apostille order form. We walk it into the Department of State and return it in 7 to 10 business days. For international return shipping, you provide your own label.
Spain needs the FBI Identity History Summary apostilled by the U.S. Department of State. A state police check or state apostille will not work.
Most consulates want the FBI check issued within 90 days of your appointment. Our speed protects that window.
Spain requires a sworn Spanish translation (traducción jurada) of the apostilled check. Do the apostille first, then translate.
Yes. Get fingerprinted on an FD-258 card in Spain, mail it to us, and order our $95 mail-in FBI background check. We submit it to the FBI and email you instructions to access your result. Then you apostille it online. No flight home needed.
The mail-in FBI background check is $95. The apostille is $120 for the first document and $95 for each additional. For return shipping outside the United States, you provide your own label.
A standard FD-258 fingerprint card can be completed at many Spanish police stations, at private ink-fingerprinting services, and in some cases at a U.S. consulate. The card just needs clean rolled prints.
The FBI check turnaround depends on the FBI once we submit, and the apostille is 7 to 10 business days after you upload your result. We move on our end as fast as the FBI allows.
Get fingerprinted on a card, mail it in for $95, then apostille it online. No flight home.