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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-151717
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240531

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001210677
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				843884690
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett <SMALL>LLP</SMALL> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><SMALL>TELEPHONE</SMALL>:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">+1-212-455-2000</FONT></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><SMALL>FACSIMILE</SMALL>:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">+1-212-455-2502</FONT></FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Direct Dial Number</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(212) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">455-3407</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">455-2211</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">E-mail</FONT> Address</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">ecooper@stblaw.com</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">mark.viera@stblaw.com</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:56%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;31, 2024 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kate Beukenkamp </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Taylor Beech </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Trade&nbsp;&amp;
Services </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street,
N.E. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>First Advantage Corporation&#151;Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT>
(File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-278992)</FONT> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On behalf of First Advantage Corporation (&#147;<U>First Advantage</U>&#148;), and in connection with the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-278992), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) on April&nbsp;29, 2024 (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), we hereby
submit Amendment No.&nbsp;1 (&#147;<U>Amendment No.</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1</U>&#148;) to the Registration Statement. First Advantage has revised the Registration Statement in response to the Staff&#146;s comments in its letter, dated May&nbsp;17, 2024
(the &#147;<U>comment letter</U>&#148;), and to otherwise update its disclosure. Upon request, we can provide the Staff with a marked version of Amendment No.&nbsp;1 showing changes from the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we are providing the following response to the comment letter. To assist your review, we have retyped the text of the
Staff&#146;s comment in italics below. Page references in the text of this letter correspond to the pages of Amendment No.&nbsp;1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>The Transaction,
Page 38 </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><I>Please include a section discussing First Advantage&#146;s reasons for the Merger. In this regard, we note
that you only include such a discussion in connection with the recommendation of the Sterling Board, including in the section titled &#147;Sterling&#146;s Reasons for the Transaction; Recommendation of the Sterling Board of Directors&#148; on page
51. Refer to Item 4(a)(2) of Form S-4</I>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">First Advantage has revised its disclosure on pages 12 and 56 in response to
the Staff&#146;s comment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">* * * * * * * </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please do not hesitate to contact Elizabeth A. Cooper at (212) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">455-3407</FONT> or Mark C. Viera at (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">455-2211</FONT> with any questions you may have regarding our response to the comment letter. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Very truly yours,</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Bret T. Jardine, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">First Advantage Corporation </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven Barnett, Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal &amp; Risk Officer </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sterling Check Corp. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christopher Ewan </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Andrea
Gede-Lange </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver&nbsp;&amp; Jacobson LLP </P>
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