FBI Background Checks for Portugal Residence Visa Applications

If you're applying for a Portuguese residence visa from the United States, you'll need to provide an FBI Background Check at the time of your VFS or Portuguese consular appointment. The document must be issued within the last 90 days and be accompanied by a Federal Apostille.

We'll get you everything you need to meet the Criminal Record Certificate requirement from right here in Portugal, so you're fully prepared for your trip back to the States.

Frequently asked questions

What is your Quality Guarantee?

As expats ourselves, we know that getting your criminal background check often comes at high-stakes moments in the immigration journey. Delays, poor fingerprint quality, or rejected applications can jeopardize months (or even years) of effort - and potentially put the life you’ve built overseas at risk.

That’s why we stand behind every fingerprint we capture and every application we submit. If your prints are rejected by the FBI due to low quality characteristics, we’ll recapture your prints and reprocess your application at no additional cost.

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Call us at +351-913-617-957.

How long does it take to get my documents?

We use rush processing of both the FBI background check and Federal Apostille to expedite our service as much as possible for our clients.

Our typical processing time is between 3 to 4 weeks for our customers to have hard copy documents back in hand.

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Modern digital fingerprinting using FBI-certified hardware and software. American-owned and operated, with a quality guarantee - if your prints don’t meet FBI quality standards, we recapture them free.