Gray Peterson
Member
Just to let you all know,
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Licensing (the issuing authority for Florida CWFL's) has apparently rolled out a new service to Florida residents and visitors (Unknown whether or not if this service is available to non-residents in other states. If not, they'll have to use the manual card system). This uses something called "AFIS" or "Livescan". Basically it's a fingerprint scanning system that's electronic.
If you're thinking that this just prints it on a fingerprint card, you're wrong. The new service actually allows the user of this system to actually have the sheriff's office send the fingerprints ELECTRONICALLY to the FDLE. Once you recieve a photocopy of the reciept along with the card itself, you can send this to the License Division, all while the FDLE and FBI checks their fingerprint records, and since it's all electronic, it shaves a lot of time, sometimes up to 50 days off of the normal wait of 90 (though the wait time nowadays is going typically at 45-60, so you can imagine if it's all electronic shaving even more weeks off the "typical wait".)
Not sure whether or not this is available for non-residents. I will be consulting with the License Division, along with my local agency using Livescan/AFIS (King County Sheriff's Office) to see if it can be used from out of state agencies.
FDACS CWFL Electronic Fingerprinting Services
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Licensing (the issuing authority for Florida CWFL's) has apparently rolled out a new service to Florida residents and visitors (Unknown whether or not if this service is available to non-residents in other states. If not, they'll have to use the manual card system). This uses something called "AFIS" or "Livescan". Basically it's a fingerprint scanning system that's electronic.
If you're thinking that this just prints it on a fingerprint card, you're wrong. The new service actually allows the user of this system to actually have the sheriff's office send the fingerprints ELECTRONICALLY to the FDLE. Once you recieve a photocopy of the reciept along with the card itself, you can send this to the License Division, all while the FDLE and FBI checks their fingerprint records, and since it's all electronic, it shaves a lot of time, sometimes up to 50 days off of the normal wait of 90 (though the wait time nowadays is going typically at 45-60, so you can imagine if it's all electronic shaving even more weeks off the "typical wait".)
Not sure whether or not this is available for non-residents. I will be consulting with the License Division, along with my local agency using Livescan/AFIS (King County Sheriff's Office) to see if it can be used from out of state agencies.
FDACS CWFL Electronic Fingerprinting Services