Digital Fingerprinting Question

[CuriousCanuk 0]

Hello Everyone,

I am new to this site so please forgive me if I have missed the answer to a question I am curious about.

My wife (US citizen, legal canadian resident) and I (Canadian citizen) have lived together in Canada for 7 years.

We working on the DCF process to obtain my visa as we plan on her returning to the USA and I would accompany her. I am retired.

I recently completed the required Police background check and the results were fine, as expected, and included the reference to the CPIC search that I learned about on this site. I note in reading the reviews of the process at the Montreal visa interview that a digital fingerprinting is also done at the interview. It seems almost a formality and only takes a few minutes. As it took over 72 hours to get my results via the RCMP, what is the purpose of the fingerprinting during the interview process? Is it to confirm my identity? Is it a case of my fingerprints being added to my immigration file, visa application? Does a green card or visa contain my fingerprints? It seems redundent to run a background check a second time, so what is the purpose?

Thank you for any information anyone can provide.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

Hello Everyone,

I am new to this site so please forgive me if I have missed the answer to a question I am curious about.

My wife (US citizen, legal canadian resident) and I (Canadian citizen) have lived together in Canada for 7 years.

We working on the DCF process to obtain my visa as we plan on her returning to the USA and I would accompany her. I am retired.

I recently completed the required Police background check and the results were fine, as expected, and included the reference to the CPIC search that I learned about on this site. I note in reading the reviews of the process at the Montreal visa interview that a digital fingerprinting is also done at the interview. It seems almost a formality and only takes a few minutes. As it took over 72 hours to get my results via the RCMP, what is the purpose of the fingerprinting during the interview process? Is it to confirm my identity? Is it a case of my fingerprints being added to my immigration file, visa application? Does a green card or visa contain my fingerprints? It seems redundent to run a background check a second time, so what is the purpose?

Thank you for any information anyone can provide.

Please beware that a background check is done thru every stage of the immigration PROCESS UP UNTIL the TIME YOU HAVE choosen to be a USC.

From the inital request for a visa and thru every green card process (which could be many).

[Inky 1,111]

the green card has your finger print on it.

finger prints are taken electronically twice at the interview to prove you are who you are and prove that you were there for your interview.

[CuriousCanuk 0]

Thank you Inky, I thought it might be something lke that. Having never actually seen a green card I wasn't sure. So the scan of your fingerprints gets added to your green card....that makes sense. Though it is all rather Orwellian and intimidating. The price we pay for the world we live in I guess.

[Inky 1,111]

Thank you Inky, I thought it might be something lke that. Having never actually seen a green card I wasn't sure. So the scan of your fingerprints gets added to your green card....that makes sense. Though it is all rather Orwellian and intimidating. The price we pay for the world we live in I guess.

Its not even green ! its kind of old milk looking yellowish.