National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS)

• National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) has been established at 1022 locations across the country as of November 2023.
• VPN IDs have been created and shared with all States/UTs to ensure secured access to the NAFIS application.

ABOUT NAFIS

• Conceptualized and managed by the NCRB at the Central Fingerprint Bureau (CFPB) in New Delhi, the National Automated Fingerprints Identification System (NAFIS) project is a country-wide searchable database of crime- and criminal-related fingerprints.
• The web-based application functions as a central information repository by consolidating fingerprint data from all states and Union Territories.
• It enables law enforcement agencies to upload, trace, and retrieve data from the database in real time on a 24×7 basis.
• NAFIS assigns a unique 10-digit National Fingerprint Number (NFN) to each person arrested for a crime.
  • This unique ID will be used for the person’s lifetime, and different crimes registered under different FIRs will be linked to the same NFN.
• ID’s first two digits will be that of the state code in which the person arrested for a crime is registered, followed by a sequence number.