LostInAustin wrote:My experience with FAST electronic prints is that the state agencies do not/will not share. I have been printed for my profession(s) and asked if they could use the ones from xxxx and they told me no. DPS says the same thing. Every body has to have their own copy of the same thing. Why not share the digital files!??? Besides they are in the national database now....just pull them up online and save a copy. Having said that, do you think they will let us use the prints we used for the last application? I don't. Same process over and over again.
Get used to it!
JMOCO (just my own cynical opinion!)
The whole point of taking finger prints each time they're required is so they can check them against the database. It's not for storing - it's for comparing (they're verifying your identity). What good would it to for them to pull from the national database if that's what they're comparing against?
I know, it sucks to spend $10 each time, but that's our lot in life. Maybe electronic printing will cost less since there is no material to buy (cards/ink).