Customer Service
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
- (518) 474-7569 www.dos.ny.gov
- Employee Statement and Security Guard Application
- Read ALL instructions carefully before completing the application
- Incomplete forms will be returned
- Any omission, inaccuracy or failure to make full disclosure may be deemed sufficient reason to deny a registration or may result in the suspension or revocation of an issued registration
- FINGERPRINT REQUIREMENTS: Applicants have access to electronic fingerprinting through IdentoGo by IDEMIA
- Electronic Fingerprinting Procedure:
- Schedule Appointment: Applicants must schedule appointments with IdentoGo by IDEMIA
- To schedule an appointment at a location near you, visit their website at www.identogo.com or call 877-472-6915
- For scheduling purposes, you must utilize the required Service Code 1545R1
- Failure to use the correct license type or Service Code may result in the need to be reprinted
- What to bring to Appointment: Approved and acceptable form of identification (for a list, please visit www.dos.ny.gov/licensing/fingerprinting.html), along with an acceptable form of payment
- Proof of electronic fingerprint completion: Upon completion of the fingerprint process, the vendor will provide you with two receipts as proof of fingerprint completion
- Include one receipt with your application
- The second copy of the receipt should be retained by your employer
- Please Note: Fingerprint receipts are valid for 5 months from the date of fingerprinting
- Please submit original application within 5 months from the date of fingerprinting
- Failure to submit your application within this time period will require you to complete the fingerprint process again
- Fingerprint Fees:
- All fees for fingerprinting are payable to IDEMIA
- Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) fee: $75.00
- FBI fee (Security Guard License applicants must pay the FBI fee): $13.25
- Applicable Fingerprint Vendor fee (subject to change in
- January and July of each year)
- See “e-Fingerprinting” link on top right at: www.dos.ny.gov/licensing
- Acceptable forms of Payment:
- Payment for fingerprint fees must be made in the form of check, money order or credit card payable to IDEMIA
- Note: Fingerprinting fees are in addition to application fees
- Please read the below FBI Application Notifications:
- Fingerprints submitted will be used to check the criminal history records of the FBI
- Procedures for obtaining a copy of an FBI criminal history record are set forth at Title 28, Code of Federal
- Regulations (CFR), Sections 16.30 through 16.33 or go to the FBI website at http://www.fbi.gov/about- us/cjis/background-checks
- Procedures for obtaining a change, correction or updating an FBI criminal history record are set forth at
- Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section34
- Child Support Statement
- A Child Support Statement is mandatory in New York
- State (General Obligations Law) regardless of whether or not you have children or any support obligation
- Any person who is four months or more in arrears in child support may be subject to having his or her business, professional and driver’s licenses suspended
- The intentional submission of a false written statement for the purpose of frustrating or defeating the lawful enforcement of support obligations is punishable under 175.35 of the Penal Law
- It is a
- Class E felony to offer a false instrument for filing with a state or local government with the intent to defraud
- The Department of State is required to collect the federal
- Social Security and Employer Identification numbers of all licensees
- The authority to request and maintain such personal information is found in 5 of the Tax Law and 3-503 of the General Obligations Law
- Disclosure by you is mandatory
- The information is collected to enable the
- Department of Taxation and Finance to identify individuals, businesses and others who have been delinquent in filing tax returns or may have underestimated their tax liabilities and to generally identify persons affected by the taxes administered by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance
- It will be used for tax administration purposes and any other purpose authorized by the Tax Law and may also be used by child support enforcement agencies or their authorized representatives of this or other states established pursuant to
- Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, to establish, modify or enforce an order of support, but will not be available to the public
- A written explanation is required where no number is provided
- This information will be maintained in the Licensing
- Information System by the Director of Administration and