Elderly getting fingerprinted

[immihelp]

Can you please let me know what happens when someone can't travel to an office to get finger printed. What happens when someone is too old to travel three hours... is there any other way to get fingerprinted?

[immihelp]

Can you please let me know what happens when someone can't travel to an office to get finger printed. What happens when someone is too old to travel three hours... is there any other way to get fingerprinted?

[BigJoe5]

Services for the homebound

N-400 applicants age 75 and up don't get fingerprinted
I-485 applicants age 79 and up don't get fingerprinted


If this is for USCIS and you are asked to go to an Application Support Center (ASC), then once a notice is received, contact the ASC and request the special service.

This link tell you more about the process of requesting accomodations:

https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.accommodations

They will need some kind of proof of the condition, like a statement from the Doctor (there is no form for this), and contact information of a responsible party acting on the invalid's behalf. They may have a particular schedule already in place for visits o a particular outlying area.

The Appointment Notice will have office contact information to request the reasonable accomodation request.

FROM A January 21, 2003, INS (now USCIS) Memo

Guidance on Making the Naturalization Process Accessible to Applicants with Disabilities

1. Off-site Accommodations

If an applicant, because of the severity of his/her disability, is unable to appear in person, field offices may conduct off-site visits at the homes or residences of applicants with disabilities, or at an alternate location as determined by the agency. In addition, some applicants may have impairments that confine them to their homes or residences (such as a nursing home). Accommodations for persons who are unable to access the field office include:

· Off-site interview. If an applicant’s illness or disability makes it medically inappropriate for the applicant to appear at the field office, an examiner should conduct the interview in the applicant’s home or at an alternate site (e.g., nursing home, hospice, hospital, senior citizens center). This includes applicants who would require use of a stretcher or ambulance to appear at the field office
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Note: Some applicants who may have qualified for an off-site interview will nevertheless appear at a field office for a regular interview. Examiners should make an effort to attend to such applicants expeditiously and make arrangements to naturalize the applicant in the office on that day if approvable and request supervisory review, whenever possible.

· Off-site administration of the oath. If an applicant’s illness or disability makes it medically inappropriate for the applicant to appear at an oath ceremony, examiners should, if possible, administer the oath after the naturalization interview. If this is not possible, a second in-home visit should be scheduled to administer the oath. However, it is important to note that some applicants may complete the interview at the field office, but later be unable to attend an oath administration ceremony because of a deteriorating condition (or because they become disabled or impaired after the interview).

· Off-site fingerprinting. Refer to the ASC SOP regarding off-site fingerprinting.