“Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken” on Your I-485: What It Means

In the I-485 stages (Biometrics): If USCIS needs your biometrics, such as fingerprints, a photograph or a signature, it schedules a biometric services appointment. Biometrics let USCIS confirm your identity and run the required background and security checks.^[4]

USCIS has accepted your fingerprints for case processing.^[2]

The message does not mean the background checks are finished. It can follow an appointment, prints already on file or an internal re-check.^[3]

USCIS says the notification is made automatically as a result of an internal update to its systems, including for applicants who gave biometrics earlier, and that USCIS still has those biometrics associated with the application.^[1]

On an I-485, results of the background and security checks then come back to the case file, and the case may move to an evidence request, an interview or a decision.^[4][5]

For how long cases usually take, see USCIS processing times. We do not state a timeline on this page.

If you completed the biometrics there is nothing to do. If you are concerned, contact USCIS using the number on your receipt notice.^[2]

• FNBFingerprints taken

The NIEM code list words FNB as “FINGERPRINTS TAKEN”, which matches this message in meaning. USCIS has not published a table that links status messages to event codes, so read the link as a reading, not a confirmed mapping.^[6][7]

This page covers the I-485. Read the general page for this message or follow the whole case on the I-485 Tracker.

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