Fingerprinting manually or electronically? Which is faster?

[Bryan in Tokyo 0]

Hi all. Proud to say, our I130 was approved the other day, fairly easy. On to the next step, in a nutshell

o We are planning to move to LA from Tokyo early 2010 - asap.

o I'm a USC just married to a Japanese Citizen

o We are in the process of obtaining police records

I'm e-mailing to check if anyone has experience with the "Real Time Identification (RTID) Project" which supposedly expedites fingerprinting processes within 72 hrs vs 'paper based' which manually obviously takes longer (~120 days?)

Our question is has anyone flown to Canada, fingerprinted electronically and received their police record in 72hrs or so?

Has anyone had their fingerprints done electronically OUTSIDE of Canada and had them sent in and experienced a quick turnaround?

Does anyone know if the Tokyo embassy will take electronic fingerprints and send to Canada? (Forgot to ask at the Embassy the other day!)

My wife is considering visiting friends in Canada anyway, so she mailed the Emb. to confirm, but they simply copy and pasted info from the website. OUCH. Can anyone confirm the quickest way to get her police record???

Thanks for any feedback ; much appreciated!

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Reply from Emb.

> Good day,

>

>

> Paper-based fingerprint submissions:

>

> Paper-based fingerprint submissions require a great deal of manual

> processing and it is not uncommon for a criminal record verification to

> take an average of 120 days to complete for individuals who don’t have

> a criminal record and have never been fingerprinted for a criminal

> offence in Canada. If a criminal record is encountered during the

> verification process, the turnaround time could exceed 120 days.

>

> Electronic fingerprint submissions:

>

> In an effort to process criminal verification requests more quickly,

> the RCMP is implementing the Real Time Identification (RTID) Project to

> modernize these processes and promote electronic fingerprint

> submissions. The goal of CCRTIS is to respond to 85% of civil requests

> (those that do not hit a criminal file) submitted electronically within

> 72 hours. If a criminal record is encountered during the verification

> process, the turnaround time could exceed 120 days. You may enquire at

> your local police service about electronic fingerprinting. If they do

> not perform this service, they may be able to refer you to approved

> private firms. These firms can also be located in local yellow pages and

> internet searches using the term 'fingerprinting services canada.’

>

> Before you make inquiries about your request, make sure you’ve taken

> into account not only the time it takes to process your request but also

> the time it takes to mail it to you.

>

>

> CFSS processes more than 15,000 criminal record searches each month.

> The processing time is currently in excess of one hundred and twenty

> (120) working days from receipt of an application. Note that processing

> time can vary due to incoming workloads

>

>

> We are unable to give you a specific time to when this will be

> completed.

>

>

> Thank you for contacting us,

> Merci de nous avoir contacter,

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I replied in your other topic:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=220827

[Bryan in Tokyo 0]

Thanks mate; here's an amendment:

So, I ended up calling and long story short, digital fingerprinting is speedier, it'll cost 72CAN for the 1. fingerprinting and 2. RCMP background check. These are two separate entities, however, point of entry and payment is simply with the company, in this case "Commissisionares"

Here's a summary:

Ms. Barinder Parhar was nice and answered all of our questions. Process goes like this

1. Come in the morning (recommended) - make sure fingers moisturized; they'll ensure readibility and quality with you there.

2. Digital fingerprints are sent instantly to RCMP

3. RCMP processes for 3 days

4. Mailinng takes 5-6 days (forgot to confirm 'business days'

5. Total: 8-10 days , but no guarantee

Highlights:

* Definitely faster, it is a green light

* May receive it while you are on vacation

* Bottom line, it'll come within about 10 days

* Clear process, so easy to understand

* Have a contact name: Barinder Parhar called

I replied in your other topic:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=220827