Fingerprint Information Now Required in Form 8-R
As discussed below, the information which is included on an AP or Principal’s Fingerprint Cards (sex, race, eye color, etc) will now be part of the NFA Form 8-R. Additionally, the NFA will now make certain notifications to NFA member firms with respect to their application.
The full notice from the NFA is reprinted below.
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Fingerprint Card Demographic Information and Email Notifications Enhancements
The Spring 2010 NFA Member Newsletter reported an Online Registration System (ORS) enhancement that will require fingerprint card demographic information (such as sex, race, eye color, hair color, height and weight) be entered on the Form 8-R application. This enhancement is scheduled to be deployed on June 17, 2010. The fingerprint card demographic information is used to conduct a criminal background check with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Because this information is already collected on the FBI fingerprint card, it may be helpful to have the fingerprint card available when completing the Form 8-R application.
Collecting this information in the Form 8-R applications will allow NFA to electronically submit fingerprint cards to the FBI in a timelier manner by downloading the fingerprint card demographic information directly from the 8-R form.
A view and update page are also being developed to display and update, if necessary, the fingerprint card demographic information. These pages can be accessed using the “View Registration Information” or “Update/Withdraw Registration Information” menu under the “Personal Profile” section.
For Form 8-R applications completed prior to the implementation of this enhancement, the demographic fields on the view and update pages will be blank. However, this information is not required to be completed until such time as a new Form 8-R application is filed.
In addition to the fingerprint card demographic information enhancement, we have also added two new notification types to the NFA E-mail Notification Service:
- Firm or Individual registered, temporary licensed, approved or conditioned
- Firm Account Balance is below $1000
The Security Manager of the firm can add the new notification types for existing email recipients or can add and/or delete recipient(s) to receive email notifications by clicking on “NFA E-mail Notification Service” under the “Security” tab in ORS.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact the Information Center by phone at 312-781-1410 or 800-621-3570 or send an email to [email protected]. Representatives are available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST.
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