Rosa Photo and Fingerprinting

Good evening, and thank you for your recent inquiry. We do not provide notary services in light of the fact that there is no place on ANY fingerprint card for the notarization of anyone's signature. If you have docs that need notarization, we warmly recommend our friends at TDBank (all branches in PA), where notarization is always free, even if you don't have a bank account there. But please do visit us for your fingerprinting and photography needs! And stay well and safe!

We try to help everyone! If we have a client who visits our van in a wheelchair, we will bring all of our fingerprint equipment out of our van, and then fingerprint the client on the street or sidewalk. Of course, if it's raining or snowing, or too cold outside, there might be some practical problems, but we'll do our best. With all respect to the person posing the question, and the person who at first innocently answered incorrectly, these matters are much better handled with an old-fashioned phone call to us at 215.432.5158. We answer from 7am to midnight, even though we are open to the public from 8 to 5 (weekdays) plus 12 noon to 5 on Saturdays. Have a great day!

Good afternoon! Fingerprints prepared on a "hard card," otherwise known as an FBI card FD-258, always use fingerprinting ink. This is our speciality, and although we charge $20 to fully prepare a fingerprint card, the card itself is free. Live scan uses neither cards nor ink.

Thank you for the inquiry! We actually have two different prices for FBI fingerprinting: if you are being fingerprinted to work in Pennsylvania with children or the elderly, then we offer a reduced price of $15, because we feel bad for you that you will also have to pay $22.60 to a company called Identogo, with which you have to be registered pursuant to Pennsylvania law. (You can register yourself, or we will register you as a courtesy when you visit us.) The normal price of fingerprinting is $20. All prices include taxes. For payment, we take cash, checks and money orders, but no debit/credit cards (sorry). When we fingerprint you, you get the finished fingerprint card immediately. The whole process normally takes between 10 and 20 minutes.

Good morning from Robert, the owner-- yes, between 10 and 4, it can get busy, and so fingerprinting which should take 10 minutes might end up taking closer to 20. If you'd like an appointment for a specific time, then just call us at 215.432.5158. Have a great day!

Yes, we have been doing FBI fingerprinting for 30 years, and we are happy to help you with the FBI fingerprinting that you need for the state of Florida. Please feel free to call us at 215.432.5158 for detailed information. Best regards from Robert

Hi there Ada, and all other members of the public-- Although our main number is 215.432.5158, if no one answers (which happens very very rarely) you can always call my manager, Barbara Jackson, at 215.219.9238. Have a nice day!

No, we do not require livescan. Please call us at 215.432.5158, and we will help you with your requirements and specifications.

The "normal" price for fingerprinting is $20/card, but if your employment in Pennsylvania is connected to children or the elderly, we'll give you a $5 discount! Please call us at 215.432.5158 for more information, and have a great day!

Please use the PATCO station at 15th-16th Stree in Center City Philadelphia. When you exit the train station at the corner of 16th and Locust Streets,you can then take the Number 2 SEPTA bus, which runs on 16th Street (northbound), and you should get off at our corner, at Callowhill Street, and then walk 50 feet east (towards 15th Street) until you reach the Rosa Photo-and-Fingerprint Van, which has been parked at the curb for the last 29 years! (open weekdays, 8-5, Saturdays, 12 noon to 5, no advance appointment needed)

Before we fingerprint you, ideally we need to see a current picture ID from any government unit from any country of the world. If needs be, we will consider accepting an expired ID if the picture of you on the ID still looks like you. If the person in need of fingerprinting is too young to have her/his own ID, then we will accept the ID of the adult accompanying the minor, plus proof of the relationship between the child and the adult. For someone with no ID whatsoever (e.g. person recently released from incarceration, an undocumented alien, a person whose documents were recently stolen), we will consider accepting a letter from an attorney, or from someone in the criminal justice system, vouching for the identity of the applicant. Please call in advance if you have a special situation!

Is worth the wait trust me. They are good people!

Hi there! We never require appointments, and we never turn anyone away. We are open Mon to Fri from 8 to 5, plus Saturdays from 12 noon to 5.