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US pre Clearence Dublin finger print issues

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  • 21-08-2017 6:59pm
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    Wrex
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭


    Hello

    Hoping for some advice as can't seem to get a clear answer from anywhere.

    My wife and I are going to the USA in November from Dublin airport. Part of the process is scanning fingerprints, but my wife has fingers missing on her left hand and won't be able to provide them. Question is does she need to get a special waiver or just turn up and explain? No links i have seen have been able to provide me an answer


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    goingnowhere
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭goingnowhere


    Shouldn't be a problem

    There is at least one Aer Lingus cabin crew member I have come across with a missing finger and they seemed to have no issue flying in and out of the US regularly.

    Obviously you will have to go to a staffed booth to get the finger prints taken and there should be no issue

    Imagine you lost an entire arm in an accident, they can't discriminate certainly in Europe the Schengen rules specifically consider this scenario.

    For repeat visitors they only check the right hand as far as I recall, first time they do both

    Believe it or not a tiny, tiny number of people have no fingerprints at all...

    As with all visa/passport issues, simply call the embassy tomorrow to get clarity, if there is even the remotest issue they will ask you to apply for a full visa and do the interview instead of the online ESTA process. Call tomorrow and you can relax


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    Dublinflyer
    Registered Users Posts: 594 ✭✭✭Dublinflyer


    My wife suffers from Raynaud’s and as a result has virtually no fingerprints. The last time we were heading to the US it was a very cold morning and her hands were quite bad as a result. Her fingerprints were just not registering on the scanners. After about 20 minutes of warming and application of various gels the US agent gave us they managed to get two thumb prints and they were happy with that. We ended up in secondary screening with about 5 or 6 CBP agents around us trying to get it to work, they seemed to be in good humor that morning as it proved to be the source of much entertainment to them all.


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