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Start with the destination, not the document
Almost every question here is really a question about a country. Before anything else we will want to know:
- Which country the document is going to, and which authority there is asking — a consulate, an immigration office, a university, an employer, a licensing board
- The exact wording on your checklist. “Police clearance” does not always mean an FBI report, and sometimes it means more than one document
- Whether a translation is required, and by whom
- Your deadline — and whether a validity window has already started running
If you already have your FBI report
Do not open a new request. Send us what you have. What matters is whether it is the original FBI-issued file rather than a screenshot or a re-saved copy, because that is what the State Department can authenticate. If the retrieval window has expired, tell us that too.
If you are outside the United States
This is workable, but delivery assumptions that hold domestically do not. What changes.
On timing
The parts that overrun are rarely the FBI stage. They are the apostille workflow, courier time, translation and final delivery — the timeline in full. If you are working to a visa appointment, say the date early.