Tips To Help You Get Better Fingerprints

 Why Does the Quality of Fingerprints Matter?

The time it takes to finish your CBC ( criminal background check)  could double or even triple if the FBI rejects your fingerprints, forcing you to have them taken again. 400 fingerprints a year, or about 2% of all fingerprints received at the CBCP office, are refused. About 75% of those that have been rejected submit acceptable prints the second time. This indicates that they could have saved time and money by merely having their fingerprints taken once if they had followed these instructions the first time.

Typical Reasons for Poor-Quality Fingerprints

The likelihood that fingerprints will be rejected can rise under the following conditions:

• washing and cleaning hands on a regular basis

• Activities that require the use of the fingertips, such as weightlifting, rock climbing, gardening or

• playing the guitar; handling paper or typing on a regular basis;

• exposure to chemicals, such as bleach, chlorine, acetone, and antibacterial products;

• As people age, their skin becomes smoother and ridges are harder to see.

• Some ethnic groups, such as Asians, Scandinavians, and Germans, naturally have fine or smooth skin.

Tips to Improve the Quality of Fingerprints

• Apply lotion: The best thing you can do to keep your fingerprints from being rejected is to moisturize. Start applying moisturizer to your hands at least twice each day in the days leading up to your appointment for fingerprinting. The day before your visit, we advise against applying lotion.

• Live Scan: Find a fingerprinting facility that uses LiveScan digital fingerprinting technology rather than ink if at all possible. While ink prints are acceptable, digital technology creates photographs that are of higher quality. Please take note that the CBCP will send your prints digitally. The fingerprints must be printed onto a hard copy FD-258 card and mailed to the CBCP if they were taken digitally at any other facility.

• Take a Break: Avoid activities that are rough on your fingertips in the days before your fingerprinting session to ensure the best possible quality of your prints.

Fingerprint scanning services are not entirely safe despite being practical. If you use a fingerprint scanner, make sure to do so safely. Take extreme care when handling your biometric information because it is the key to all the scanners you use.