Currently, all sites take
application, USCIS will
fingerprints electronically.
While the FbI is checking
send you a letter telling you
However, manual workstations
your background, USCIS will
where and when to have your
are available for applicants
locate your immigration file.
fingerprints taken.
whose prints cannot be taken
Sometimes USCIS may need
electronically.
additional documents from you
In most cases, the letter will tell
before we can schedule your
you to go to an Application
In order to do a criminal
interview. If USCIS needs more
Support Center. A van may be
background check, USCIS will
information from you, we will
available in certain areas of
send your fingerprints to the
send you a letter telling you
Alaska and Hawaii to fingerprint Federal bureau of Investigation what information we need and applicants who are located far
(FbI). In some cases, the FbI
where to send it.
from the nearest fingerprinting
may reject your fingerprints
location. Your notice from
because of the quality of the