State Police Certificate

[MMat]

Hi All

I am an indian citizen. I was working in the US for about 3 years sometime agao. Now I am in India. I was asked to submit the FBI clearance certificate when I applied for the canadian residency. This was a couple of years ago and I have done that as I was in the US then. I got a no records certificate.

Now they have asked me to submit a US State Police certificate. For this i checked the website and it asks me to download the fingerprinting form, get myself fingerprinted by some authority and send that along with cover letter and fee to the FBI.

The problem I am facing is in India I checked and could not find an agency that will athorise fingerprints. I reported this to the immigration office and they kept giving me the same answer: "pls go to website and do accordingly"

Can someone pls help me to 1. let me know where I can get fingerprints authorised in India. 2. What is the alternative I can do.

Kindly help.

[PMM]

Hi

Hi All

I am an indian citizen. I was working in the US for about 3 years sometime agao. Now I am in India. I was asked to submit the FBI clearance certificate when I applied for the canadian residency. This was a couple of years ago and I have done that as I was in the US then. I got a no records certificate.

Now they have asked me to submit a US State Police certificate. For this i checked the website and it asks me to download the fingerprinting form, get myself fingerprinted by some authority and send that along with cover letter and fee to the FBI.

The problem I am facing is in India I checked and could not find an agency that will athorise fingerprints. I reported this to the immigration office and they kept giving me the same answer: "pls go to website and do accordingly"

Can someone pls help me to 1. let me know where I can get fingerprints authorised in India. 2. What is the alternative I can do.

Kindly help.

Come on there are thousand of people who get fingerprinted for FBI/State certificates in India every year, show a little initiative.  Your local police station would probably do it.  Note that they are asking for the state police certificates, not another FBI.  You require a certificate from every state where you lived for 6 months.  See: http://tinyurl.com/b7xh7o

PMM

[MMat]

Hi PMM

Thanks for the reply. Its not that I didnt try, these are the places that I checked:

1. Local police station. Negative.
2. Tried reputed detective agencies like Globe: Negative, but they gave me this info: Earlier there was some retired police superintendent who used to take fingerprints and it was valid even in the court of law. He is no longer doing it and does not know who else is.
3. Called the US embassy to know if they will be able to send my fingerprints that is with them to the FBI. Negative again
4. I also tried checking with the cicp for some help.

After all that didnt help I saw this blog and posted my message.

If you know some agency or contact who is authorised to take the prints, please do pass on the info to me.

Thanks in advance.
MMat

[larka81]

You could do it your self.....I think i have have seen a video on youtube showing how to do fingerprint impressions....I did it myself.

[thinker038]

Hi,

I can send you the blank fingerprint card in pdf format.

Get a black pad and fingerprint yourself.

Just a little practice.

I did the same for FBI and state certificate.

[MMat]

Hi thinker038

Thanks a lot. I can download the same from FBI site as well. But what did you fill in the space that said, authorised by? Can you leave it blank?

MMat.

[hardikshah01]

Dear Mmat

Who say you can not do from police station? and you can do from fingerprint expert also... when i inquired they told me there charge was Rs.10,000.... so i prefered local police and got it done free

I did my FBI fingerprint and NJ State fingerprint from local police station

you need to approach them, show proof of residence, give letter of request to do fingerprint and they do it for free

As far as NJ was concerned, i called them and they sent me Fingerprint card along with payment requirement and return mailing address

let me know if u need more information

[GK]

MMat - are you sure you need finger prints for your state?  I did state clearence in 3 different states and only 1 (IL) required finger prints - the rest I got with SSN, Name and address. 

[jes_ON]

Yes, Mmat -

If you are looking at the FBI site,  you are looking at the wrong site.  You need a STATE certificate from the state you lived in - which was it?   Not all states require fingerprints. 

PMM posted the link to the State sites.

[hirentank]

Dear nidhij69,

Can you share details of the agency you got your Fingerprint done? I sent my application to Sydney, NS almost one month back and am expecting my 120 letter! I am writing this since some other person also told me that IFS (Intense Forensic Services) is not reliable place to get Fingerprint done, and another agency in my knowledge is in New Delhi that is difficult and expensive for me (since I am residing in Mumbai).

[hirentank]

Dear hardikshah01,

I am gathering information for getting my Fingerprint for - FBI and NJ State. I made unsuccessful attempt to get it done from local police station though I could breathe a sigh of relief after reading that you got your fingerprint done from local police! Can you please share;
1. Who/how you approached the police (i.e. which dept or officer)?
2. Did they (the police) signed and/or stamped Fingerprint card? (When I called FBI and NJ police dept., they suggested that they would accept Fingerprint card authorized/singed by local police)

Thanks in advance,

Dear Mmat

Who say you can not do from police station? and you can do from fingerprint expert also... when i inquired they told me there charge was Rs.10,000.... so i prefered local police and got it done free

I did my FBI fingerprint and NJ State fingerprint from local police station

you need to approach them, show proof of residence, give letter of request to do fingerprint and they do it for free

As far as NJ was concerned, i called them and they sent me Fingerprint card along with payment requirement and return mailing address

let me know if u need more information

[sheldon]

Hi MMat,

Were you able to get the fingerprints from India?.   Please share. I am also looking for the same thing.

regards,
Sheldon.

[shikhasharma]

I dont know how difficult it is to get a fingerprinting done in India for a Police clearance certificate (PCC). I got it done from one of the private fingerprinting agency in India. Hope all works well and I am able to get a PCC. They guided me well in how to send Finger print cards to US. I would strongly recommend there services. U can visit there website www.indiafingerprinting.com