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If you've ever left the country, they already have your fingerprints anyway...

• nknighthb 13y ago
  I acquired a passport in 2010, and left the country that year, and the year after, and was never asked for my fingerprints. You may be thinking of a program that applies only to non-citizens.
  • cocoflunchy 13y ago
    Yes, you're right. Don't they ask for your fingerprints when you make a passport though? They do in France.
    • ewang1 13y ago
      If you're part of the Global Entry program, they have all 10 prints as well.
    • nknighthb 13y ago
      Not in the US, no. I ended up sending them my life story to convince them I was who I said I was, but they did not ask for fingerprints. I've never had to be fingerprinted for any reason. There is a palm geometry scan on file for me with a datacenter, but that works on a different principle.
    • mortenjorck 13y ago
      I think more countries' immigration controls require it for guest entry than departments of state require it for gaining a passport.