Return to AOS main page Fingerprinting for Adjustment of Status
There really isn't a whole lot to the fingerprinting, it was pretty straightforward!
The Letter
On February 26, 2003 Dan received a letter from the INS directing him to an "INS Application Support Center" to have his fingerprints taken. It stated that starting on a certain date (in our case March 7) he had seven days where he could go the application support center to be fingerprinted. If he didn't make it in his "scheduled seven day period," he could only go on any Wednesday. BUT if his fingerprints weren't done in 84 days, his application would be considered abandoned.
Not wanting to risk any chance of the INS "accidentally" thinking he was abandoning his application, Dan went on the first day that he could, March 7.
Having the Fingerprints Done
On Friday, March 7, Dan traveled down to the INS Application Support center. (This is not the same place as the main INS building downtown. This is on North Broadway, near the Lawrence el stop on the red line.) He took:
- INS fingerprinting notice
- photo ID
- other random paperwork/notices that he didn't actually need and weren't specified on the fingerprinting notice
It was a pretty quick in-out kind of deal. The people there were actually nice and friendly. He got there, he got in, they looked at his paperwork, rolled his fingers in some ink, and voila, he was done!