And you just did after a year during the visa processing? Yes, I submitted my application a full year before submitting my FBI police checks and 6 months before completing my health check and my AFP check, as well! I was wondering what kind of paper you used for the fingerprinting. In some cases I see that regular printing paper should be fine while in others it seems they require some kind of stock paper.
Just wondering what you used. Thank you so much for doing all of this! Thanks so much for posting this awesome guide—just used it to send off my for US background check. It lists the codes that are supposed to be used for eye color, hair color, sex, race, etc.
I am thinking of using one of the approved third party vendors just to speed up the process but it seems they only issue online copies to uS citizens outside of America.
Curious to see what you did. I am Not located in the USA right now which makes it complicated. Where did you read that you need a certified copy of your birth certificate or passport? Hi Brooke, Thank you so much for this blog. When did your visa get granted?
Cheers Julie. I had my and granted simultaneously, so rather than spending 2 years as a temporary resident, I got to move straight onto permanent residency. I arrived in Feb. And, congrats on your success with that! I am attempting to update my FBI record as mine is dated The office here in Melbourne appears to have suspended their services, Lockdown! But, I wondered if the FBI will accept prints not signed off by a notary or some sort of official person.
Any insight you can provide would be wonderful! I love hearing from other Seattleites on this site, always a pleasure! I had no issue getting my prints accepted like this. Did you fill out the ORI? Or is that for an agency to fill out if you get them done professionally? Thanks so much! Hey Brooke thanks so much for this.
Did you do anything special or just combine them regularly before putting them in the envelope. I think 4 is a good idea. Thanks heaps again. The big question is once you become a resident do you get a Medicare card? Hi Samantha, I am so happy to hear you found this post useful! And how incredibly frustrating about the rejected prints!
You are actually eligible for a Medicare card as soon as you submit your visa application! Just an update on my fingerprint adventure. I purchased official FBI fingerprint cards from Amazon, as well as an ink-less pad. I sent in 4 completed fingerprint cards via Australian International Express Post.
Due to lockdown limitations on flights, the document packet sat at the Melbourne airport for 10 days. But, once it reached the FBI, I received my successful letter from them within two days!
So, good to go! Been following your bushwalking adventures near Seattle. The beauty of the places you hiked through made me achingly homesick!
Keep those blogs coming, so I can vicariously live through your Washington experiences! So glad I can bring a little bit of Washington to you right now! Massively helpful post. Kudos on the impressive webpage, and well done documenting your lovely travels.
Thank you for posting your experiences, and thank you for your diligence in adding such easy to use links for the processes. Not applying for a partner visa but needed to submit this for Australia PR application and your post was such a huge help!
Thank you!!! My understanding is that if you are applying for the visas onshore in Australia, this is not needed. Thanks so much for all this wonderful information. I read somewhere that it is required if 12 months prior to applying for your visa, if you have lived in any state for at least 3 months, you need a state clearance report?
Can you point us to where you found that information about the state level police not required for onshore? Thank you so much!! Thank you so much for this super helpful post! I have been using the advice on your blog since lodging my application and it has made all of the confusing bits so much clearer.
I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience and information! Apologies for my delayed response, but thank you so much for the lovely comment! Stumbling across your blog has been SO incredibly helpful.
Thank you so so so so much. So happy to hear you found all these posts helpful, Evan! Thanks for a wonderful blog. A small update for those applying from the US.
Many US post offices now have fingerprinting services. How long did it take for them to accept the fingerprints after they were delivered to the location in West Virginia? Thanks for sharing your own experiences with the partner visa.
I was just curious if printing the FD on A4 paper was what you did. I think paper sizes are different between Australia and the USA so just wanted to double check with you. Hey Brooke! Your page was such an awesome spot to stumble on. I have referred back to it many times in the process. But it could be fine! Brooke, I just wanted to thank you so much for putting this blog together.
It was easy to follow and it made me feel much more comfortable doing my own prints. I applied for my visa in June I did my health assessment in November I did my background check in January I waited longer to do my background check and health check because the processing time for my visa was originally months, but it shot up to 36 months during the height of Covid.
My processing time is now back down to months, so hopefully, I will be approved soon! I did my FBI background check on I mailed my prints off the very next day I received an email at 4 AM on I almost had a panic attack when I finally realized, but they were approved without the email printout.
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Police station especially the civilian Sr. Best of luck to all! Hey Samir, did they give you your fingerprints or did they post and send it on themselves?
If so did you already have a self-addressed envelope? Hi Steve, They will post your fingerprints themselves.
You will have to provide your own envelope to them self addressed. Can anyone say who the approved FBI channeler is that they used and were able to send live scan fingerprints from NSW police? Also if you can say what that process was?
I read in the posts that people are doing it but they never say who they are using. Hi Samir thanks for replying just wanted to also know does Day St police station require you to book an appointment or is it also just a walk-in and is it better to go on the weekends also.
Thank you!! If not, does anyone know where I can get this done in Sydney. Balmain station on Darling street was still doing ink rolled prints about 3 months ago. For anyone planning to get fingerprints, I am sharing my experience. Firstly the machine was a little bit wonky and they took my prints times from scratch the officer kept saying the machine is temperamental sometimes as the machine kept rejecting my prints — the whole process took more than hour and my fingers began to hurt a little.
Finally they went ahead with a set and I gave them everything that had to be posted and guess what after 6 weeks I find out from that Australia Post claims they never lodged it!!! I called the police station but they insist they dropped it in a red posting box. They simply got very defensive and after much pleading and coaxing they vaguely mentioned exactly where they posted it. Had to get another another set as I had already lost precious time. This time got them done from Hurstville police station-I first called them and explained my concerns before hand.
They were helpful and efficient, everything went super smooth, the post office received it the next day and FBI received it within a week or so. Please please make sure you use International Registered Express post so you can track it. Most police stations have someone who picks all the mail and posts them. Make sure you ask them about being able to call them back and follow up about your envelope when and where it was posted.
I am still awaiting my results, fingers crossed!! Good luck!! It was received today! From start to finish, it took 12 weeks. This site was very informative. Thank you all! Wish everyone all the best! So this meant a few days of back and forth which could have solved if Australian police knew how to use an ink pad.
My question is I was married and went by my former married name. Does anyone have any suggestions? So be sure to call them before you go to confirm the date and time.
Bring the prepaid International express mail is a must! My finger livescan took a long time, since my fingerprint is so light… The lady kept me washing my hands and tried again and again… So be prepared. I am so glad I found your post, Winny. There was absolutely no other information online regarding this process. And I certainly would not have thought to bring along a prepaid envelope for it.
Thank you for making my life so much easier! Thank you so much for your post — it has helped us tremendously! They also require us to bring a prepaid envelope, passports, and all the associated forms off the FBI website.
Hi, thanks for this post. I just had a question. Can fd form be printed on a normal white A4 paper? I went to the Parramatta police station in Sydney, they did not have any card stock of their own. I had carried a fd form in a normal A4 paper so sent it in the same.
Please let me know if this will be accepted by the FBI. Great help but! Can anyone offer some insight please. Another question. If fingerprints are scanned, how are they reduced to hard copy for sending to the FBI or Channeler. Is the scan printed and then mailed just like a rolled ink result would be?
If you still have family or friends in the US, you can address it to them and once the result is out, you can get them to scan the document for you. Most of the time, we do not need to provide a hard-copy, but I may be wrong.
The scanned fingerprints will be printed out and mailed out, just like rolled-ink results. In my experience, the Australian police handled all of this, so I just had to bring a prepaid international mail addressed to FBI. She received my result and sent it to my address in Australia by International Express Post. Thanks Cran. I thought that was how it worked. Some of the other posts seemed misleading in that all they mentioned was using a channeler and getting the result back in Australia in super quick time.
No indication of US middle person to facilitate the process. Might I ask who your channeler was please? They were very helpful and patient over the phone. My fingerprints have been taken in Sydney Police Station Day St, and sent directly by the police station to the channeler. Then the channeler sent me an email that they received my fingerprint, and after only one day they sent me another email that my result was sent to the US address that I mentioned in my application. Once my auntie received the result she sent to me by FedEx to my address in Australia, and I received after 5 days.
FedEx is the fastest delivery however it is the most expensive. That was the most informative and complete post made that I have been able to locate. Easy to follow. Thanks again. It took 4 months to get the result and result was shocking. Finger prints are not adequate for them and need to do whole process again.
Two different department and still not enough. They withdraw the money after approx 3 months. They really way behind not sure why in 21 century when is everything online they use old system with no information provided from beginning till end. They should better invest money to their FBI system and not spending money for Mexican walls etc.
Basically police here in Sydney charge me for finger prints, post to US cost you money, FBI get their money to tell you not good enough do it again and pay and wait again. Now I will do 2 applications just in case with 5 sets of finger prints in each one. Thanks for your help, we have to travel far to get there but literally none of my local police stations would do this for us.
So relieving to finally be done with it! Hi, Thank you for this useful information I find my self doing all this process, I will personally do it at Kings Cross Police Station but still need to double check if they actually do it there.
This is in the Mails results to Adress field. Just a bit confused here. I would appreciate your help and advise. Thank you and one more thing, considering I lived in America for 14 Months under woking Visa, does FBI issues police checks for non-american residents? Will this application work even if I am no american? Or do I have to fill up a different one?
Would you know? It is the same application for those study, work and live in the US regardless their citizenships. This post is very helpful! Thanks very much just one thing : I called the Balmain Station today , as per 23 Apr the police officer lady said it is not free of charge and the charge is 45 AUD per person per copy. Hi Winny, Thank you so much for detailed post.
I worked in Usa 6 years before. I am planning to apply FBI clearance, am I required to apply state clearance as well? Please check what is required on the Australian immigration office.
As far as I know, state clearance is not necessary. Email does seem to be a good option because you can directly attach it during your online visa application. Thanks for the helpful post. I had a few queries regarding the same: 1.
You mentioned you took a print out of the FD card but did not use it. Where did police print your fingerprints? If you go with livescan fingerprints, do they print it on regular A4 sheet? This is something new. The website mentions that you can submit the application form online and mail the hard copy. I have never seen the printed live-scan because the result was sent out directly to FBI, but I am sure it will satisfy the FBI requirement.
I had the FD card to write down some information that might be required i. Do let me know if you have any new information when doing this so that I can update the page accordingly. Do I have to fill up something or wait for answer? Should I do something with medicare? I am not a visa and migration expert. You should consult with your agent if you have one or the Australian Home Affairs website. But from the experience, if you already lodged for a different visa, you do not need to do anything other than waiting for the decision.
All the best. The process went really smooth. I decided to submit my request electronically. I think this is a new option and I highly recommend it. You will receive a pin which will log you in the system. Additionally, I had to deliver fingerprints by Mail.
I bought the Prepaid International Express satchel. I put the following address:. You have to leave the envelope at the station, and they will send the documents directly. Please remember to include in your envelope a confirmation e-mail Identity History Summary Request order of the electronic request.
It will be generated once you complete and pay for the application. They received my fingerprint card on 11 Feb and updated it in the system in one day. I also choose to receive a hard copy of identity check by Mail still waiting but what you need for immigration purposes is an electronic version scan.
If you are running out of time, I think the electronic ICH is the best and least stressful option. I am advised by NSW Hornsby police station that they can take my electronic finger print and print on livescan format and send it to FBI.
Went to Hurstville Police Station today for fingerprinting. For Canadian police check, they will scan and provide a digital copy of your fingerprint Not using black ink. You are commenting using your WordPress.
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