Giving your biometrics is one of the steps you need to do before we can process your application.
Once you give us your biometrics, we'll use them to assess your application..
Visas may or may not be refused after submitting your biometric details.
Your visa/permit application may expire or be rejected.
However, your biometrics will remain valid for a period of ten years.
You will not have to provide them again while submitting another application in the future..
First of all, don't be intimidated by the word “biometrics” During this appointment, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will simply record your fingerprints and take photos of you.
They will then run this information through the FBI database in order to check for any criminal records..
You need to give your biometrics once every 10 years.
You don't need to give your biometrics again until the 10-year period expires.
If you gave biometrics in the past as part of an application for a visitor visa, work or study permit and they're still valid, you don't need to give them again.Sep 26, 2023.
Ink-free digital imprints of all your ten fingers will be taken at the US Visa fingerprinting appointment.
First, a digital scan of the four fingers from your left hand and then the four fingers from your right hand will be taken.
Finally, a digital scan of the two thumbs will be taken.
Injury or cuts on your finger do not qualify you for a fingerp.
