Request Your Fingerprint Card in Miami-Dade and Broward

It is the standard applicant fingerprint card used by the FBI and by many federal, state and foreign agencies. It holds rolled and flat impressions of all ten fingers plus your identifying details, and it is the format required when an agency does not accept electronic Live Scan.

People requesting their own FBI Identity History Summary, professionals applying for a license in another state whose board only accepts cards, residents preparing a citizenship, residency or adoption file for another country, and anyone whose attorney or a federal agency has asked for one. When the instructions say ink or hard card, an FD-258 fingerprint card in Miami is the usual answer.

Bring the card and any instructions if the agency mailed them to you, since some agencies require their own pre-printed version. If you were not given one, tell us which agency it is for and we confirm whether a standard FD-258 is accepted.

A valid government-issued photo ID, the agency's instructions or form, and the personal details the card asks for: full legal name, date and place of birth, citizenship and the reason you are being fingerprinted. If you need more than one copy, tell us when you book so we prepare the right number of cards.

We roll each finger and take flat impressions of all ten, and we re-roll any print that looks smudged or incomplete before you leave, because a rejected FD-258 card mailed from Miami means starting over. We complete the identifying fields in block capitals so the card is legible to the receiving agency.

The card is handed to you so you can submit it with the forms, signature and payment the agency requires. We explain how it should be packaged and where it goes according to the agency's instructions. For an FBI record, our FBI criminal record service covers the request itself.

It depends on how many cards you need and whether the request also involves preparing forms or an FBI application. We confirm the scope when you book, before the appointment. Contact us

Yes. Card prints are taken by appointment at our Palmetto Bay office for Miami-Dade and at Sunrise for Broward, in English or Spanish. If your agency accepts electronic prints instead, our Florida Live Scan service is usually the more direct route. We do not give immigration legal advice; your attorney tells you which process you need and we prepare the card that process requires.