How can I get FBI fingerprinting done from India?

[ausimm]

Since I've been working on my papers for Australia, I've been trying to get fingerprinting done in Bangalore. I'll share my experiences for everybodys benefit.
Right behind Madiwala Police Station (Across from the Madiwala vegetable market) is the forensics department, which will be able to help you get your fingerprints on the FD-258 form.

I took the FD-258 printed on a glossy card, but they advised AGAINST that. They said glossy finish could smudge the fingerprints, so I gave them a regular A4 size office printout paper sheet with the FD-258 printed on it.

They did a nice job of taking my fingerprints. They used ink film strips .. very professional. They asked for the following documents:
1. Address proof: Lease copy.
2. Address proof: Airtel landline bills.
3. ID proof: License copy.
4. University degree copy (Since I said Im going for work, they wanted to see my qualifications)
5. My passport copy.
6. Payment challan.

The payment must be made at Mysore Bank on Lady Curzon Road (Infantry Road). The Forensic dept. people will tell you the account number, 'payable to' etc. and other details for making the payment. Once that is made, the bank will give you a stamped challan, which you take back to the Forensic dept at Madiwala.

I have to still send the fingerprints to FBI. Once I do, I'll let you know if they accept the documents, but I think it should go through fine, since they have done quite a good job with my FD-258

I have been hunting for finger printing for FBI and US PCC. I tried the Finder Printing bureau near Madivala as suggested, but they clearly declined and also mentioned that finger printing can only be done through police stations. Now there are 2 things here, #1 What Police Stations provide are 'verification' of finger prints and you need to make the application at Police Commissioners office. #2 Finger printing bureau is for govt and court purposes. Logically they shouldn't be entertaining any individual requests for private finger printing.

Now since someone here mentioned he has got it done through them, I trust it was done, but unfortunately I was denied. Kindly note that what FBI needs is 'finger prints' and not 'verified finger prints'. So verification services of police is not needed, though it remains a question, that if we do not get it done from Police or 'any authorised agency' how can FBI confirm that the prints are not tampered.

#1 the Police process is; download form from KSP website, pay the fees at Bangalore One, take the receipt and got to Commissioner office, make the application, they will then instruct local PO to come and verify address, take your prints and send the report to commissioner office, you need to collect the report from there.

In any case I availed the services of JK Consultants for finger printing, for 2 reasons, it was quicker and I didn't trust the quality of prints done at police stations.

How JK works is they have a person, affiliated to them, in JP Nagar and you can take an appointment and go to her. They charge 4000INR, which is a bit expensive for this purpose. I am not writing the name/number of the person who does the print as it would be breech of privacy.

[ausimm]

I have been hunting for finger printing for FBI and US PCC. I tried the Finder Printing bureau near Madivala as suggested, but they clearly declined and also mentioned that finger printing can only be done through police stations. Now there are 2 things here, #1 What Police Stations provide are 'verification' of finger prints and you need to make the application at Police Commissioners office. #2 Finger printing bureau is for govt and court purposes. Logically they shouldn't be entertaining any individual requests for private finger printing.

Now since someone here mentioned he has got it done through them, I trust it was done, but unfortunately I was denied. Kindly note that what FBI needs is 'finger prints' and not 'verified finger prints'. So verification services of police is not needed, though it remains a question, that if we do not get it done from Police or 'any authorised agency' how can FBI confirm that the prints are not tampered.

#1 the Police process is; download form from KSP website, pay the fees at Bangalore One, take the receipt and got to Commissioner office, make the application, they will then instruct local PO to come and verify address, take your prints and send the report to commissioner office, you need to collect the report from there.

In any case I availed the services of JK Consultants for finger printing, for 2 reasons, it was quicker and I didn't trust the quality of prints done at police stations.

How JK works is they have a person, affiliated to them, in JP Nagar and you can take an appointment and go to her. They charge 4000INR, which is a bit expensive for this purpose. I am not writing the name/number of the person who does the print as it would be breech of privacy.

Wanted to update that my FBI PCC did arrive this week and they have been quite within their lead times of 4-6 weeks. This was my first attempt to get the PCC from FBI and it has worked well

[getmefrenz]

Wanted to update that my FBI PCC did arrive this week and they have been quite within their lead times of 4-6 weeks. This was my first attempt to get the PCC from FBI and it has worked well

Hi @ausimm, I am in need of getting the PCC done for Canadian PR. Can you please advice on how you received the PCC from FBI? did you attach any self attested envelope? I am on clock, your reply will be of huge help. Thanks!

[Tushar R Panda]

I did it myself and was successful. I had very legible fingerprints but my wife had really weak fingerprints. But we tried our best to give the most legible fingerprints.

If the fingers are very dry then putting oil on them helps.

Mentioning SSN if you have one helps with getting results esp if FBI has you fingerprints in their database. Also if there is a partial match to immigration fingerprints then those can be used by FBI instead of the one being sent on paper. It seems all DHS fingerprints are part of fbi database and are more reliable because of their quality.

Take a black ink pad, ceramic or otherwise. Take a lot of practice fingerprints on paper.

Print multiple fbi fingerprinting form from fbi.gov.in Send more than one copies of legible fingerprints. Send a return label for india priority mail to get the results. you an print the label at usps.com.

Else if you have someone in USA you can give their address. For Australia you need the attested copy, so get it attested in USA and ask your acquaintance to send the scanned copy. Get the original whenever....

[jpdinesh]

Ok, can anyone suggest how to take fingerprints in Bangalore. Right now, I see only 2 options,

1) JK - Very expensive and extra charge for additional sheet with FPs

2) Forensic science lab, Madiwala - How much do they charge? will it be done in a day?

If we have to take the FPs on own, is that OK on a normal A4 sheet?
Who will sign for the "signature of the official taking fingerprints"?

Or can I approach local police station with FD-258 printed out?

kindly suggest.

[gopikris]

Ok, can anyone suggest how to take fingerprints in Bangalore. Right now, I see only 2 options,

1) JK - Very expensive and extra charge for additional sheet with FPs

2) Forensic science lab, Madiwala - How much do they charge? will it be done in a day?

If we have to take the FPs on own, is that OK on a normal A4 sheet?
Who will sign for the "signature of the official taking fingerprints"?

Or can I approach local police station with FD-258 printed out?

kindly suggest.

Hi,

I am not sure if you have succeeded with your fingerprinting.

I heard about the following options in bangalore

1) go to bangalore-one and pay some amount for doing fingerprinting.
2) Then go to comissioner office with the receipt and submit a request to get your fingerprinting done
3) a request would be sent to your area police station they would either come to your home or would ask you to come to station to verify your address and to take your finger print.
4) Then you need to get back to comissioner office to get your finger print card/report

But I would suggest come to chennai as its mentioned in firt post of this thread about SCRB- chennai

The address is

SCRB
Santhome High Road, RA Puram
OPPOSITE Quible Island Cemetery
1.6 km FROM Greenways Signal

Charge for one sheet - 50 Rs DD you need to pay at SBI - Treasury bank close to Thousand lights - Mount Road Chennai

Provide that challan/receipt at SCRB again they would take your fingerprints

You know what the concerned authority at SCRB were asking us to share this info so that people could get benefited out of this.

For the finger print Card go to students xerox in Adyar or Guindy. Tell them you want to take print of fingerprint card for visa purpose or provide them with the soft copy of the finger print card downloaded from fbi site. They charge 20 rs per print out.

May be your over all expense would be around only few hundred rupeess, instead of spending in 1000s

Post back with your queries, I could help you out.

Regards
GK