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Requesting NBIB Personnel Investigations

The INV 15, Requesting NBIB Personnel Investigations is intended to assist federal agencies requesting background investigations from the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB). It provides information to familiarize agency human resource and security officials with NBIB products and services. 

Table of Contents

• 1.0 General Information about Requesting Investigations
• 2.0 Submitting/Security Offices (SONs and SOIs) and Telephone Liaison
• 3.0 Automated Tools
• 4.0 Preparing to Request an Investigation
• 4.1 Position Designation
• 4.2 Validate Need
• 4.3 Correction Requests
• 5.0 Required and Optional Forms for Requesting Investigations
• 5.1 Position Designation, Form Type and Investigation Type
• 5.2 Form and Document Submission Requirements
• 5.2.1 Additional Form Requirements for Childcare Positions
• 5.2.2 Additional Release Requirements for Foreign Coverage
• 5.2.3 Requesting Tier 2 Investigative Products without a Subject Interview
• 5.3 SACs, RSIs and Reopens
• 5.4 Standard Forms: Additional Information
• 5.5 Certification, Releases, and Additional Documents
• 6.0 Fingerprint Submissions
• 6.1 FIPC Codes Regarding Fingerprint Submissions
• 6.2 Requirements for Submitting Reprints when Prints are Unclassifiable
• 7.0 Instructions for Completing the Agency Use Block (AUB)
• 8.0 Extra Coverage and FIPC Codes
• Glossary

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