Accurate Biometrics LiveScan Fingerprinting

It is pretty unusual finding excellent customer service at places like this. I was expecting some grumpy person behind a counter who would yell at me for asking a simple question. You see, I have been scarred from dealing with many government agencies that provide similar services.
Accurate Biometrics is neither a government agency nor a horrible one. The lady who greeted me pleasantly was professional, helpful, and funny. I wish every customer service agent is like her.
I had to get fingerprinted because of work reasons. Working for the government in unsafe countries may be rewarding but also annoying when I have to deal with endless paperwork. I was dreading the whole fingerprinting process, but Accurate Biometrics made the process pleasant and clean. I say clean because I had to do ink fingerprinting. Some of our government agencies are still stuck in 1970s and they prefer the old school way of ink.
The lady who helped me gave me instructions on how to wash off the ink after fingerprinting. Did you know that you are not supposed to wet your hands with water first? You have to use only liquid soap and rub off all the ink. You can use water after the ink starts coming off your fingers. Well, now you know. And you are welcome!
Besides ink fingerprinting they also offer livescan fingerprinting, which is inkless and not messy.
And now I can travel to war-​torn and/​or destitute countries. Isn’t it ironic that I am the one who has to go through security clearance when it is these countreis where I work that have to be screened for security? Sure, throw me in civil wars where it is unsafe, but make ME do the security clearance, not the locals. At least I will be evacuated first if something goes wrong… so, there is that!

After getting fingerprinted here today, I’m embarrassed that I put off this task for so long because it was such a cinch! Like many other newly hired employees, I had to get fingerprinted for a job. Specifically, I had to get fingerprints to complete a background check through DCFS.
When I arrived, the doorman checked my ID and then gave me a blue visitor slip, which I returned to him before leaving the building. Online, I only knew that the office was located in suite 2060, so I was confused which floor I should press on the elevator. Luckily, someone helped me out and informed me that it would be the 20^th floor. I walked inside the Accurate Biometrics office and was immediately greeted by the friendly sole employee behind the desk. There were plenty of holiday decorations that made me feel extra festive and not at all grumpy about the inconvenience of making room in my schedule to be fingerprinted.
The employee (who was wearing reindeer antlers – AWESOME) was very friendly and the whole process took about five minutes. That’s it! For DCFS, I gave her a few pieces of paper, then she entered my information, I signed, then she rolled all of my fingers over the LiveScan. No ink, no hassle, and a receipt for proof to my employer that I was fingerprinted. I left in a great mood. Who knew fingerprinting could be… fun?

Quick and painless experience.
I needed to have a background check completed and after a quick google search I found Accurate Biometrics. I went to the website, downloaded the required form and presented it to the technician upon my arrival.
He scanned my fingerprints and I was done in less than 10 minutes.
The fee is $ 50 plus a $ 2 fee for using a credit card.

Employer requirements are not always the most joyous activities to do in our free time. In order to receive my Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) certification through the state of Illinois, I was required to have my fingerprints taken. Luckily, Accurate Biometrics is now hightech with it’s «LiveScan» fingerprinting. No more ink!!! Instead, you slap your finger onto a sensation pad and roll the finger to one side, then the other. This print projects to a computer screen for you to see and you move on to the next finger until all fingers on both hands have been pictured. The fee was a bit steep at $ 37.00 ($ 2 extra for credit cards, otherwise $ 35) for a visit of less than 10 minutes, but the prints are electronically sent to the police for them to verify your identity and do a background check. Easy, breezy! The young gentleman was super friendly that I forgot I was in downtown Chicago for a second. There was no line at 8 am when they opened on a Tuesday morning; unlike the DMV. This location is centrally located in the Thompson Center Concourse (which is the basement near the food court) with the Clark and Lake CTA el stop upstairs.
Keep in mind that they’re closed for lunch between 11 am and 11:45 am (the hours were set at 12 pm/​noon because it is not possible to put 11:45 am in the business profile).