Application for Expert opinion shall be forwarded through a court of law to the Director, Finger print Bureau, Thiruvananthapuram with following documents.
1. Standard requisition form.
2. Original document for comparison.
3. Original chalan of remittance of fee.
The applicant should remit Rs. 6070/- for expert opinion and rs. 125/- for each print to be compared as photographic fee in any Govt. treasury under the head of Account 0055-00-501-99
When an expert summoned by the court in civil cases, the appearance fee has to be paid as follows:
One day salary of the expert concerned plus RS. 110/- for each day of his/her absence from the office in the above head of account. Additionally, the applicable T.A. /D.A due to the Expert should be paid by the applicant by means of Money order/DD directly to the Expert.
Direct Public Service Rendered by the Finger Print Bureau
Attestation of Finger Prints for the immigration or other purposes.
The immigration departments of several countries require police clearance certificate for which attested finger print of the immigrant is required. Such immigrants may approach the Tester Inspectors of the concerned district finger print units with a written request on white paper for taking their finger prints and attest the same. They have to remit Rs. 1220/-( Rs. 125/-for additional copy) in any Govt. treasury under the head of account 0055-00-501-99 .
The following documents are to be produced at the Finger print bureau.
1. An application addressed to the Tester Inspector, Single digit Finger print Bureau.
2. Original challan of remittance of fee
3. Valid passport with copies of relevant pages.
4. Proof of residence like ration card/ electoral card/ driving license(with copies)
5. Two passport size photographs (extra for additional copies).
The applicant has to appear in person before the Tester Inspector of District Fingerprint Bureau and get their finger prints recorded and attested. For further clarification please contact the Tester Inspector of the concerned districts in the following mobile.nos.
Contact numbers of District Fingerprint Bureaux
| Sl No | District | Mobile No |
| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram city | 94 97 97 59 32 |
| 2 | Thiruvananthapuram rural | 94 97 97 59 33 |
| 3 | Kollam city | 94 97 97 59 34 |
| 4 | Kollam rural | 94 97 97 59 60 |
| 5 | Alapuzha | 94 97 97 59 35 |
| 6 | Pathanamthitta | 94 97 97 59 36 |
| 7 | Kottayam | 94 97 97 59 37 |
| 8 | Idukki | 94 97 97 59 38 |
| 9 | Kochi city | 94 97 97 59 39 |
| 10 | Ernakulam rural | 94 97 97 59 40 |
| 11 | Thrissur city | 94 97 96 26 42 |
| 12 | Thrissur rural | 94 97 97 59 41 |
| 13 | Palakkad | 94 97 97 59 42 |
| 14 | Malappuram | 94 97 97 59 43 |
| 15 | Kozhikode city | 94 97 97 59 44 |
| 16 | Kozhikode rural | 94 97 97 59 45 |
| 17 | Wayanad | 94 97 97 59 46 |
| 18 | Kannur | 94 97 97 59 47 |
| 19 | Kasaragod | 94 97 97 59 48 |