24-hour Automated Telephone Service Available: (916) 227-4557. If a requesting agency does not have results within seven days and digital Live Scan fingerprints were submitted, you may use the automated telephone system to check on your submission.

Your total costs will be $32 plus the fingerprint rolling fee charged by the Live Scan Agency. Since the fingerprint-rolling fee varies widely among locations, you will want to review the cost along with the accepted methods of payment before going to the fingerprinting site.

Before you can enter the US, you must have a screening cleared. These background checks are both criminal and national security clearance levels. They're necessary to enforce the safety of those in the US and to ensure the beneficiary is eligible for the benefits they'll receive when they are approved for the visa.

In California, criminal convictions can only be reported for seven years. Under California civil code (The Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act), any misdemeanors, complaints, indictments, arrests, and convictions older than that cannot be reported on background checks.