Fingerprint Experience, Fresno CA

[ms514 0]

So for the majority of people, getting fingerprints done is a no brainer. Go there, get printed and move on.

But for the very few born criminals in this world whose fingerprints are for some reason worn down, this is a hassle and a half.

My wife went to the Fresno ASC to get her prints taken two weeks ago - did not take. She was given the usual "Use Corn Huskers lotion, wear gloves" etc. speech. Fair enough, given that at every step of the immigration process which required fingerprints, her fingerprints were not accepted by that infernal machine. First, the AOS process, then the 10 year GC, and now the citizenship part.

So she got another letter to get f'printed again today and went. This was after two weeks of corn huskers lotion (after this, we are so going into the corn farming business... ), gloves and the extreme step of ordering and using CSI fingerprint ridge builder solution (that's right, FORENSIC corn farming) applied right before fingerprinting.

Guess what...

Some of the fingers still refused to come out - first the left hand entire print with all the fingers did not come out, then one finger did not come out, then three did not come out, etc., etc.. Meanwhile, the lady doing the fingerprinting tried to say to my wife that well, it is up to FBI etc. etc. and that if it doesn't work out, she would "only" have to submit a form and get a good conduct letter (yeah, for the past 5 years, which include2 countries and two different states of residence...sure).

My wife saw that (luckily) the place was pretty empty and convinced the lady to do the fingerprints over and over and over until they all came out (supposedly the machine indicates when the prints are good enough with a green check mark and/or the word Pass or something to that effect). They did time near ten times. The fingerprinting lady was helpful and did indeed (at least from what I can tell) go beyond her call of duty to re-do the fingerprints over and over, so thanks to her if she is lurking around here somewhere (who knows which USCIS employee is here)...

Here's to hoping that all this was worth it and the fingerprints get transmitted to the FBI and everything is good to go. At least the fingerprint machine gave us the green light.

So if anyone has this issue, see if you can get the fingerprinting operator to re-do the fingerprints. This would be best if there is only one or two fingerprints that do not come out. If every finger is bad and this is the initial trial, perhaps one should consider corn farming, get the lotion apply and retry with the second fingerprinting attempt.

I don't ever want my wife to need fingerprints done for anything ever again...

[Susan73 5]

Stop making her do all those damn dishes!!!! Its washing away those prints...

BTW You can call the FBI finger printing dept in 48 hours and give them her Alien #...they will tell you immediately if her prints were approved... many of us did this.

So for the majority of people, getting fingerprints done is a no brainer. Go there, get printed and move on.

But for the very few born criminals in this world whose fingerprints are for some reason worn down, this is a hassle and a half.

My wife went to the Fresno ASC to get her prints taken two weeks ago - did not take. She was given the usual "Use Corn Huskers lotion, wear gloves" etc. speech. Fair enough, given that at every step of the immigration process which required fingerprints, her fingerprints were not accepted by that infernal machine. First, the AOS process, then the 10 year GC, and now the citizenship part.

So she got another letter to get f'printed again today and went. This was after two weeks of corn huskers lotion (after this, we are so going into the corn farming business... ), gloves and the extreme step of ordering and using CSI fingerprint ridge builder solution (that's right, FORENSIC corn farming) applied right before fingerprinting.

Guess what...

Some of the fingers still refused to come out - first the left hand entire print with all the fingers did not come out, then one finger did not come out, then three did not come out, etc., etc.. Meanwhile, the lady doing the fingerprinting tried to say to my wife that well, it is up to FBI etc. etc. and that if it doesn't work out, she would "only" have to submit a form and get a good conduct letter (yeah, for the past 5 years, which include2 countries and two different states of residence...sure).

My wife saw that (luckily) the place was pretty empty and convinced the lady to do the fingerprints over and over and over until they all came out (supposedly the machine indicates when the prints are good enough with a green check mark and/or the word Pass or something to that effect). They did time near ten times. The fingerprinting lady was helpful and did indeed (at least from what I can tell) go beyond her call of duty to re-do the fingerprints over and over, so thanks to her if she is lurking around here somewhere (who knows which USCIS employee is here)...

Here's to hoping that all this was worth it and the fingerprints get transmitted to the FBI and everything is good to go. At least the fingerprint machine gave us the green light.

So if anyone has this issue, see if you can get the fingerprinting operator to re-do the fingerprints. This would be best if there is only one or two fingerprints that do not come out. If every finger is bad and this is the initial trial, perhaps one should consider corn farming, get the lotion apply and retry with the second fingerprinting attempt.

I don't ever want my wife to need fingerprints done for anything ever again...

[Susan73 5]

The # to call to check if you cleared finger printing is 304 625 5590.

All you need is your A#, Full name, Address and some basic info handy.

They will tell you if it was cleared and sent back USCIS.

[Caroline and Phil 14]

Oh no! I will have the same problem... again.

[ms514 0]

Susan73, thanks for the information. She got the whole dishwashing/housework/chores speech from the fingerprinting lady on the first try. I was like -

Supposedly, you can "milk your fingers" to get a better print too - massage then from the base to the tip to make the print pop more. The wifey employed all possible techniques...

[Susan73 5]

Now thats a first..'milking fingers'

Susan73, thanks for the information. She got the whole dishwashing/housework/chores speech from the fingerprinting lady on the first try. I was like -

Supposedly, you can "milk your fingers" to get a better print too - massage then from the base to the tip to make the print pop more. The wifey employed all possible techniques...

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Had she dipped her fingertips in acid after the first "fail," she would have been excluded for the same reason people without hands are excluded from this nonsense . . .