fingerprinting question

[madhuri_dhar]

I got my fingerprinting done.. waiting to hear about the next step now.

I have a question about the form that they give you to fill out when you go for fingerprinting... In the bottom section 'For office use only' of the form, there are 3 or 4 choices.. One of them being 'Fingerprinting only'.. there's another one 'Fingerprinting and biometric'. The officer at the recpetion who accepted my form checked the following box - 'For fingerprintng only' (Should she not have checked the one saying 'For fingerprinting and biometric' - because from what i understand, we pay for both at the time of original N400 submission - for fingerprinting as well as biometric).

Then when my name was called, the official there just took my fingerprints (electronically)... no other checks were done. Is that ok?

 

[query11]

that is all they do,its called 10 prints...

 

[query11]

for other applicants such as gc and stuff they need to take pictures....
tht is biometrics..its just my assumption,i have no clue either...



biometrics Last modified: Thursday, August 12, 2004




(bī´´ō-met´riks) (n.) Generally, the study of measurable biological characteristics. In computer security, biometrics refers to authentication techniques that rely on measurable physical characteristics that can be automatically checked.
There are several types of biometric identification schemes:

face: the analysis of facial characteristics
fingerprint: the analysis of an individual’s unique fingerprints
hand geometry: the analysis of the shape of the hand and the length of the fingers
retina: the analysis of the capillary vessels located at the back of the eye
iris: the analysis of the colored ring that surrounds the eye’s pupil
signature: the analysis of the way a person signs his name.
vein: the analysis of pattern of veins in the back if the hand and the wrist
voice: the analysis of the tone, pitch, cadence and frequency of a person’s voice.

 

[madhuri_dhar]

Thank you very much for your response.