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The following applicants have access to electronic fingerprinting through MorphoTrust USA.

Instructions for Electronic Fingerprinting:

1. Schedule an appointment with MorphoTrust USA:
To schedule an appointment at a location near you, visit their website at www.L1enrollment.com
or call 1-877-472-6915. For scheduling purposes, you must utilize the required ORI number listed below:
Failure to use the correct license type and ORI number will result in additional fees.

2. Bring a completed request form to your appointment:
From the list below, select the appropriate "Request for NYS Fingerprinting Services Information Form." Complete the information form and bring a printed copy to the fingerprinting appointment, along with appropriate personal indentification. Upon completion of the fingerprinting process, you will be given 2 copies of your receipt.

One payment for all relevant prints must be made at this time in the form of: check, money order or credit card payable to MorphoTrust USA.

Electronic Fingerprinting Fees:
(Vendor Fee is subject to change in January and July of each year.)

• Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) fee: $75.00
• FBI fee: $16.50 (Only Security Guard License applicants must pay the FBI fee.)
• Fingerprint Vendor fee: $10.75

3. Mail your license application and application fee to NYS Department of State:
Include your completed license application, the appropriate fees as listed on the application, and one copy of the receipt from MorphoTrust USA as proof of fingerprinting. Mail to the address listed in the application. Make checks or money orders payable to NYS Department of State.
The second copy of the fingerprinting receipt should be retained by your employer.

Please Note: Fingerprint receipts are valid for 5 months from the date of the fingerprinting. Please submit original application within 5 months from the date of fingerprinting. Failure to submit your application within this time period will require you to complete the fingerprint process again.

Mailing Address:
NYS Department of State
Division of Licensing Services
P.O. Box 22001
Albany, NY 12201-2001

Instructions for Rolled Fingerprinting Card:

If an electronic fingerprint location does not exist near your residence or place of business and it is not possible to travel to an available site, you may submit a rolled FBI (blue) fingerprint card with your license application.

Mail to the NYS Department of State two separate payments, one for the license application fee and one for fingerprinting fees.

Payment 1 must include the license application fee amount as listed on the application, made payable to the NYS Department of State. You must also include the license application.

Payment 2 must include the relevant fingerprint fees, made payable to MorphoTrust USA.
You also must include the fingerprint card, and the appropriate, completed "NYS Request for Card Scan Services Information Form" from the list below: