Fingerprinting

Pre-Enrolling with CCHRS

In Connecticut, all newly hired employees of school districts must be fingerprinted for state and national criminal history records checks within (30) thirty days from the date such worker begins to perform such service. No candidate shall be fingerprinted without an Applicant Tracking Number they will receive after registering on the Connecticut Criminal History Request System (CCHRS) portal.

All applicants must register on the Connecticut Criminal History Request System (CCHRS) below.

Click Here to Register on the CCHRS

Your employer must provide you with their agency/district Service Code in order for you to pre-enroll and receive an “Applicant Tracking Number” so that you may be fingerprinted. When your information is entered, an “Applicant Tracking Number” will be generated automatically. Please keep track of your Applicant Tracking Number, this will be REQUIRED when you arrive to your fingerprint appointment.

The “Applicant Tracking Number” has replaced the RESC Fingerprint Permission Form and the CHRI form. CREC will no longer accept those old forms.

What to bring for your Fingerprinting appointment

• Two forms of valid IDs:
  • One must be a government-issued photo ID. Acceptable documents include:
    
    - Valid Driver’s License or Learner’s Permit (All States, Passenger, Commercial, Enhanced)*
    - Valid Canadian Driver’s License*
    ----*DRIVE ONLY Licenses are not an Accpetable Form of ID
    - Valid Passport or Passport Card (U.S. and Foreign)
    - Visa with Foreign Passport
    - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Identification Cards:
    ----USCIS - Permanent Resident Card (I-155)
    ----USCIS - Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
    - Birth Certificate
    - Social Security Card
    - Local, State, or Federal Issued Identification Cards With Photograph, Including TWIC Cards
    - Native American Tribal Identification Cards
    - Military Identification Cards (Active Duty, Retired, Dependent, DOD Common Access Card, USCG Merchant Mariner Card)
  • The names must match on both documents. If names do not match, please bring in your change of name document (e.g marriage, divorce, or legal change of name document). This document must have the official seal, no photo copies.
• The “Applicant Tracking Number” you receive from the Connecticut Criminal History Request System (CCHRS) portal.
• Payment: Visa or MasterCard (card holder must be present), certified bank cashier’s check, or money order made payable to CREC.
   - NO personal checks accepted
   - NO cash accepted
   - American Express NOT accepted

What is the cost for Fingerprinting?

There are two separate transactions:

1. First payment will be rendered at the time you pre-enroll on the CCHRS portal, which will pay for your State and/or Federal fingerprints.
2. The second is a CREC fingerprinting fee, which will be either:
   • $36.75 if you are using a money order or cashier’s check;
     
   • or $38.28 if you choose to use a credit or debit card, as a 4.16% service charge will applied (American Express NOT accepted).
     The customer’s name must be on the card that is being presented for payment and the person presenting the card must be present to sign.