A little rant...

[brtlmj 0]

Dear USCIS,

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a tourist. Several times.

You fingerprinted me when I got my K-1.

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a K-1.

I was about to write that "at least these were free", but of course they were not. I paid for it all, one way or another.

Then I applied for AOS. Oh boy. All fingers, palm prints, fortunately you stopped short of [censored] prints.

Now, two years later, still happily married, I applied for removal of conditions. And you want all my prints again? Hey, I understand. Unemployment is high, those nice folks who take my prints need their jobs, too. But maybe I could just send you a check and let them drink their coffee in peace?

You know, an average chimpanzee would realize by now that MY FINGERPRINTS ARE STILL THE SAME!

[internetkafe 0]

An average chimpanzee would, but not the American bureaucracy.

Nobody says anything, they keep doing what they are not capable of doing.

[Dakine 26]

Just checking to make sure someone didn't 'take you out" and take your identity.

[wizardfitz 13]

Amen to that LOL!!!! I said the same exact thing, I never understood why all the fingerprint taking, took them when I went for my embassy interview, POE and then biometrics, and I also heard if the AOS isnt completed and the original biometrics taken expired, they would make you re-do the prints AGAIN !!!!

[antda 13]

Hi Brtlmj and Everyone,

.... ...I totally agree with you here about the fingerprinting processes (even though I didn't go through the K1 process). You would think that they would have the common sense to think that "my fingerprints are still the same!", and not waste resources re-doing such a repeatitive process....

Gee what a way to make someone feel "welcomed" into a country, by treating them like a "criminal" who needs to have their fingerprints taken every year so that they can have their name "cleared"....

You would also think that they would have a "government database" of all the information, and have the common sense to look up that information for themselves, especially when we are paying them such to do the job and they're taking so long to do it...

Oh and what's the deal with this I-751 removal conditions process anyways? I'm sure you and everyone else here can think of better things to do with their money and their time than to "prove" to the government about what a "genuine marriage" really is about...

Sigh, that's government folks for you. Oh well. We'll all just have to "grin and bear it", I suppose...

Ant (Still waiting at the VSC...)

Dear USCIS,

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a tourist. Several times.

You fingerprinted me when I got my K-1.

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a K-1.

I was about to write that "at least these were free", but of course they were not. I paid for it all, one way or another.

Then I applied for AOS. Oh boy. All fingers, palm prints, fortunately you stopped short of [censored] prints.

Now, two years later, still happily married, I applied for removal of conditions. And you want all my prints again? Hey, I understand. Unemployment is high, those nice folks who take my prints need their jobs, too. But maybe I could just send you a check and let them drink their coffee in peace?

You know, an average chimpanzee would realize by now that MY FINGERPRINTS ARE STILL THE SAME!

Edited December 26, 2008 by AntandD

[Kathryn41 3,205]

yep - fingerprints are only valid for 15 months and if they expire while you are waiting for AOS then you need to get them redone- I had to do them twice for AOS, and twice for renewal of EADs. Of course, now I had to redo them for removal of conditions. My understanding is that when they expire in 15 months they are deleted from the database so need to be re-entered. That sounds extremely inefficient to me if it is indeed true as you would think they would want to keep a central repository of all immigrant fingerprints. I know that fingerprints can be altered and changed with surgery and stuff but come on now, is it likely I would change my fingerprints to someone who is going through the immigration process if I wanted to scam anybody? It really does seem to be redundant.

[Raj0000 0]

Dear USCIS,

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a tourist. Several times.

You fingerprinted me when I got my K-1.

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a K-1.

I was about to write that "at least these were free", but of course they were not. I paid for it all, one way or another.

Then I applied for AOS. Oh boy. All fingers, palm prints, fortunately you stopped short of [censored] prints.

Now, two years later, still happily married, I applied for removal of conditions. And you want all my prints again? Hey, I understand. Unemployment is high, those nice folks who take my prints need their jobs, too. But maybe I could just send you a check and let them drink their coffee in peace?

You know, an average chimpanzee would realize by now that MY FINGERPRINTS ARE STILL THE SAME!

if you think u are done, wait till you fille N-400 naturalization for one more of them

[RadzNSteve 0]

The reason for the re fingerprinting is to verify they are still dealing with the same perons. It has to do with identity theft and its a positive way for them to show that each step in the process was the same person. I work in Law Enforcement and each time we make an arrest we fingerprint the person again, even if we have there prints on file 50 or more times from past dealings. These prints are submitted up via computer. Sometimes we fingerprint someone and we get a report back in telling us this person has been fingerprinted before but under a different name. Then we investigate further. That is the reason for the fingerprinting and its required by the Homeland Security Act. Basicly its the best way they have of knowing they are dealing with the same person from start to close.

[daphne2109 0]

Dear USCIS,

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a tourist. Several times.

You fingerprinted me when I got my K-1.

You fingerprinted me when I came here as a K-1.

I was about to write that "at least these were free", but of course they were not. I paid for it all, one way or another.

Then I applied for AOS. Oh boy. All fingers, palm prints, fortunately you stopped short of [censored] prints.

Now, two years later, still happily married, I applied for removal of conditions. And you want all my prints again? Hey, I understand. Unemployment is high, those nice folks who take my prints need their jobs, too. But maybe I could just send you a check and let them drink their coffee in peace?

You know, an average chimpanzee would realize by now that MY FINGERPRINTS ARE STILL THE SAME!

I agree with you totally!!!! Not to mention all the times one person comes to the USA as tourist before by chance he/she meets the love of his/her life by chance in USA. It's totally crazy, no matter the rules are.............IT"S TOO MUCH!!!!!!

[snakey_sabrina1972 0]

I agree with everybody! I do understand that they want to make sure it's the same person but paying it everytime you do it, it's ridiculous! Isn't it enough to pay them once since we're paying too much for the application itself. Goodness Gracious Greatballs of Fire!!!!!!! LOL.

[Mohsin 0]

I agree it is friggin ridiculous....Maybe some efficiency would work well with them, especially with the long wait we endure now to get anything done.....

Edited December 28, 2008 by Mohsin

[sjoefl01 1]

It wouldn't be so bad if they would let you go to your local police station or drivers license office for the prints. In our case it is a 6 hour drive one way.

[Jasman0717 9]

Those others were taken for different databases This is for your special, lifting-conditions database.

[brtlmj 0]

Thanks everybody... I really had to vent

Now, let me address the "they need to know if they are dealing with the same person" issue. If this was the case, they would just take one index finger print. This would be enough. And they would take this one print at the time of an interview. The only reason I can think of for taking ALL prints is trying to match them with some crime scene evidence database.

And of course, if they were really concerned with identity theft, they would not be sending green cards by mail!

[sjoefl01 1]

It might also have something to do with the 80 bucks. It took my wife about 5 minutes to get the bio. If you do the math that is about 960 bucks an hour for each machine. If you add that times all of the offices doing bios it turns into quite a profit maker. That would also explain why they won't let police offices do the fingerprints. They don't want to share the money.

Thanks everybody... I really had to vent

Now, let me address the "they need to know if they are dealing with the same person" issue. If this was the case, they would just take one index finger print. This would be enough. And they would take this one print at the time of an interview. The only reason I can think of for taking ALL prints is trying to match them with some crime scene evidence database.

And of course, if they were really concerned with identity theft, they would not be sending green cards by mail!