<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000899243-21-045057.txt : 20211117
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20211117161520
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-21-045057
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211115
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211117
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211117

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GAMSEY DAVID L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001113949

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31666
		FILM NUMBER:		211420782

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001210677
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				843884690
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		ATTN: BRET T. JARDINE, ESQ.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
		BUSINESS PHONE:		888-314-9761

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 CONCOURSE PARKWAY NE, SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		ATTN: BRET T. JARDINE, ESQ.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30328
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        <footnote id="F1">This amount represents the $20.00 secondary public offering price per share of common stock of First Advantage Corporation (the &quot;Issuer&quot;), less the underwriting discount of $0.70 per share for shares sold pursuant to a registered public offering.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents the vesting of a portion of performance-based stock options in connection with the satisfaction of certain performance-based vesting conditions upon the closing of a registered public offering of common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Of these options, 179,951 are unvested options which will vest as to 45,542 options on January 31, 2022, and the remainder in equal annual installments on each of January 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025, subject to continued service through such dates. Does not include certain performance-based options for which the performance criteria has not yet been met, which options will be reported when earned upon achievement of such performance criteria.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Bret T. Jardine, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-11-17</signatureDate>
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