FINGERPRINTS

Citizenship applications are now filed without fingerprints. Instead applicants are required to submit $80.00 in addition to the $595.00 application fee. Applicants for naturalization who are seventy-five (75) years of age or older are exempt from the fingerprint requirement and fee.

Applicants should be notified by mail within 1 month of filing to be scheduled for fingerprinting at one of the USCIS Application Support Centers (ASC).

The ASCs in the New York metropolitan area are as follows:

Do not appear at any of these sites without an appointment. Applicants should be assigned to the ASC closest to their current address.

You must appear only at the assigned ASC at the date and time of your appointment. You may request a postponement or rescheduling of your appointment by mail. Applicants should bring photo identification and the scheduling notice received in the mail.

Fingerprints are only valid for fifteen (15) months after they are taken. It is possible that the fingerprints may expire before your application is completely processed. Therefore, applicants fingerprinted more than fifteen months ago who have not already been sworn in as U.S. citizens must be re-printed under USCIS regulations.

The USCIS will automatically notify applicants with expired fingerprints by mail to be re-printed at one of the ASCs.