There are conflicting views about whether it\'s required or not. I\'m including it with my application just to be on the safer side. I\'ve heard cases where signature cards have not been accepted due to smudgy index fingerprints. So, I want to get it done professionally . My local Police station has refused to help with fingerprinting and has redirected me to the local INS office which is quite far and would require me to take at least 1/2 a day off from work. Does anyone know of any other places I can get good fingerprints? I live in metro Boston area.