Electronic Fingerprints - Outside Canada
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Where do you reside? I did them twice from the UK....so in answering your question 'yes' but it'd depend where you are. I used someone who was affiliated with a Canadian agency who I had to send the prints to that were able to digitize the prints and forward them onto the RCMP
Hi,
Did you use UK fingerprints - Pacific for citizenship purposes? I did the same for citizenship application as I’m currently in the UK but travelling to Canada next week. I am not worried though as I’m their website it state’s fingerprints for citizenship should be done only in Canada… I am contemplating if I should re-submit it from Canada. Can you tell me how was your experience?
I used them yes who took the prints on the proper IRCC paperwork and then they were digitally uploaded by a Pacific in Vancouver who then sent them across to RCMP. Don't worry as I used the twice. If you're flying to Canada, I'd get them done from someone locally where you are in Canada as it'll save you a lot of money but yeah either way is fine.
Thank you for your reply ! I realized there are so many typos in my post lol
So I submitted my FP from UK fingerprints to Pacific last week, they’re great at their job but it was really expensive compared to what I would have paid in Canada, I did it anyway cause I didn’t want delays with my citizenship application, just wanted to get it out of the way. Hopefully everything goes well now, I got worried as I read on their website that for citizenship application FP must be collected from inside Canada so I got worried, but then I realized a lot of people submitted from outside and processing was okay for them. Would IRCC know if we submitted FP from outside?
https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=857&top=4
They won't be submitted from outside because they'll be digitized in Vancouver however I did it twice using the same people and no issues whatsoever and yes they're bloody expensive but I guess get the job done
Not sure, but are live scan (digital prints) still illegal to transmit across the border into Canada? Years ago when I was going through the PR process, only ink and roll prints that were mailed to IRCC (then CIC) were permitted.
https://fingerscan.ca/frequently-asked-questions/
The police will take fingerprints with live-scan. Can they transmit fingerprints directly to you?
The police will take fingerprints with live-scan and print them on paper. We would need that printout.
There is no way to transmit fingerprints electronically from outside of Canada to our office or the RCMP.
https://fingerscan.ca/frequently-asked-questions/
The police will take fingerprints with live-scan. Can they transmit fingerprints directly to you?
The police will take fingerprints with live-scan and print them on paper. We would need that printout.
There is no way to transmit fingerprints electronically from outside of Canada to our office or the RCMP.
Update: I used Gambit ID and it worked like magic. Didn't have to leave Qatar, and IRCC received my fingerprints and successfully updated status of BG.