A common way to hide a criminal record is providing a fake date of birth, leading to an inaccurate report. This can be an effective strategy since criminal records are filed by name and date of birth.

A Live Scan can be rejected either for poor fingerprint quality or data entry errors.

Records are searched for criminal convictions at the felony and misdemeanor levels where available. Reports include all convictions, dismissed data, and cases pending sentencing if within the 7-year guideline. FEATURES AND BENEFITS Requested online—search requests can be made anywhere and at any time.

Once you do and get fingerprinted, background checks usually take six to eight weeks, maybe 12 weeks. Now, they will give you that as a response for months and months. They'll tell you about the USCIS background check delay or security check long after the case is over.