diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/biometric-enrollment/pages/BiometricEnrollmentPage.tsx b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/biometric-enrollment/pages/BiometricEnrollmentPage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87f56fbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/biometric-enrollment/pages/BiometricEnrollmentPage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  Alert,
+  Badge,
+  Button,
+  Card,
+  Container,
+  Group,
+  Loader,
+  Select,
+  Stack,
+  Table,
+  Text,
+  TextInput,
+  ThemeIcon,
+} from '@mantine/core';
+import { IconAlertTriangle, IconFingerprint, IconPrinter, IconScan, IconSearch, IconX } from '@tabler/icons-react';
+import { useDebouncedValue } from '@mantine/hooks';
+import {
+  extractErrorMessage,
+  openAuthedDocument,
+  useEnrollBiometricMutation,
+  useGetBiometricEnrollmentsQuery,
+  useListSeafarerRegistrationsQuery,
+  useRevokeBiometricEnrollmentMutation,
+  type BiometricModality,
+  type SeafarerRegistration,
+} from '@ema-platform/api';
+import { notify, PageHeader, StatusBadge } from '@ema-platform/ui';
+import { useDateDisplayer } from '@ema-platform/shared';
+
+const MODALITIES: { value: BiometricModality; label: string }[] = [
+  { value: 'FINGERPRINT', label: 'Fingerprint' },
+  { value: 'FACE', label: 'Face' },
+];
+
+function applicantName(r: Pick<SeafarerRegistration, 'firstName' | 'middleName' | 'lastName'>): string {
+  return [r.firstName, r.middleName, r.lastName].filter(Boolean).join(' ') || '—';
+}
+
+/**
+ * No scanner is wired yet (US-BIO placeholder): "Simulate Scan" stands in for
+ * the real vendor SDK capture, producing a random template so the rest of the
+ * pipeline — encrypt, store, print — is exercisable end to end. Swap the
+ * simulated bytes for the SDK's real template once a vendor is chosen; the
+ * API call shape (base64 template + format tag) does not change.
+ */
+function fakeTemplate(): string {
+  const bytes = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(64));
+  return btoa(String.fromCharCode(...bytes));
+}
+
+/** Pick a registered seafarer to enroll — approved registrations carry a profileId. */
+function ProfilePicker({ onPick }: { onPick: (r: SeafarerRegistration) => void }) {
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
+  const [debounced] = useDebouncedValue(search, 300);
+  const { data, isFetching } = useListSeafarerRegistrationsQuery({
+    status: 'APPROVED',
+    search: debounced || undefined,
+    take: 10,
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <Card withBorder radius="md" p="md">
+      <TextInput
+        placeholder="Search seafarer by name, ID or registration number…"
+        leftSection={<IconSearch size={14} />}
+        value={search}
+        onChange={(e) => setSearch(e.currentTarget.value)}
+        mb="sm"
+      />
+      {isFetching && <Loader size="sm" />}
+      <Table highlightOnHover fz="sm">
+        <Table.Tbody>
+          {(data?.items ?? []).map((r) => (
+            <Table.Tr key={r.id} onClick={() => onPick(r)} style={{ cursor: 'pointer' }}>
+              <Table.Td>
+                <Text fz="sm" fw={600}>{applicantName(r)}</Text>
+                <Text fz="xs" c="dimmed" ff="monospace">{r.seafarerNumber}</Text>
+              </Table.Td>
+            </Table.Tr>
+          ))}
+          {!isFetching && (data?.items ?? []).length === 0 && (
+            <Table.Tr>
+              <Table.Td>
+                <Text fz="sm" c="dimmed">No registered seafarer matches.</Text>
+              </Table.Td>
+            </Table.Tr>
+          )}
+        </Table.Tbody>
+      </Table>
+    </Card>
+  );
+}
+
+/** Backoffice counter screen: enroll a scanner capture against a profile, view what's on file, print the slip. */
+export function BiometricEnrollmentPage() {
+  const showDate = useDateDisplayer();
+  const [selected, setSelected] = useState<SeafarerRegistration | null>(null);
+  const [modality, setModality] = useState<BiometricModality>('FINGERPRINT');
+  const [deviceId, setDeviceId] = useState('');
+
+  const profileId = selected?.profileId ?? '';
+  const { data: enrollments, isLoading } = useGetBiometricEnrollmentsQuery(profileId, { skip: !profileId });
+  const [enroll, { isLoading: enrolling }] = useEnrollBiometricMutation();
+  const [revoke, { isLoading: revoking }] = useRevokeBiometricEnrollmentMutation();
+  const [printing, setPrinting] = useState(false);
+
+  const hasActive = useMemo(
+    () => (m: BiometricModality) => (enrollments ?? []).some((e) => e.modality === m),
+    [enrollments],
+  );
+
+  async function handleEnroll() {
+    if (!profileId) return;
+    try {
+      await enroll({
+        profileId,
+        modality,
+        template: fakeTemplate(),
+        templateFormat: 'SIMULATED',
+        deviceId: deviceId || undefined,
+        consentAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      }).unwrap();
+      notify.success(`${modality === 'FINGERPRINT' ? 'Fingerprint' : 'Face'} enrolled.`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      notify.error(extractErrorMessage(err, 'Enrollment failed.'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function handleRevoke(id: string) {
+    if (!profileId) return;
+    try {
+      await revoke({ id, profileId, reason: 'Withdrawn at counter' }).unwrap();
+      notify.success('Enrollment revoked.');
+    } catch (err) {
+      notify.error(extractErrorMessage(err, 'Could not revoke.'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function handlePrint() {
+    if (!profileId) return;
+    setPrinting(true);
+    try {
+      await openAuthedDocument(
+        `/biometric-enrollments/profile/${profileId}/certificate`,
+        `biometric-enrollment-${profileId}.pdf`,
+      );
+    } catch (err) {
+      notify.error(extractErrorMessage(err, 'Could not open the certificate.'));
+    } finally {
+      setPrinting(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Container size="md" py="md">
+      <PageHeader
+        title="Biometric Enrollment"
+        subtitle="Capture a fingerprint or face template for a registered seafarer, and print the enrollment slip."
+      />
+
+      {!selected ? (
+        <ProfilePicker onPick={setSelected} />
+      ) : (
+        <Stack gap="md">
+          <Card withBorder radius="md" p="md">
+            <Group justify="space-between">
+              <div>
+                <Text fw={600}>{applicantName(selected)}</Text>
+                <Text fz="xs" c="dimmed" ff="monospace">{selected.seafarerNumber}</Text>
+              </div>
+              <Button variant="subtle" size="xs" leftSection={<IconX size={14} />} onClick={() => setSelected(null)}>
+                Change seafarer
+              </Button>
+            </Group>
+          </Card>
+
+          <Card withBorder radius="md" p="md">
+            <Text fz="sm" fw={600} mb="sm">Capture</Text>
+            <Alert color="yellow" icon={<IconAlertTriangle size={16} />} mb="sm" variant="light">
+              No scanner is wired yet — this simulates a capture so the rest of the flow can be tested.
+            </Alert>
+            <Group align="flex-end">
+              <Select label="Modality" data={MODALITIES} value={modality} onChange={(v) => setModality((v as BiometricModality) ?? 'FINGERPRINT')} w={160} />
+              <TextInput label="Device (optional)" placeholder="scanner-01" value={deviceId} onChange={(e) => setDeviceId(e.currentTarget.value)} w={180} />
+              <Button leftSection={<IconScan size={16} />} onClick={handleEnroll} loading={enrolling}>
+                Simulate Scan &amp; Enroll
+              </Button>
+            </Group>
+          </Card>
+
+          <Card withBorder radius="md" p="md">
+            <Group justify="space-between" mb="sm">
+              <Text fz="sm" fw={600}>On file</Text>
+              <Button
+                variant="light"
+                size="xs"
+                leftSection={<IconPrinter size={14} />}
+                onClick={handlePrint}
+                loading={printing}
+              >
+                Print certificate
+              </Button>
+            </Group>
+            {isLoading ? (
+              <Loader size="sm" />
+            ) : (
+              <Stack gap="xs">
+                {MODALITIES.map((m) => (
+                  <Group key={m.value} justify="space-between" p="xs" style={{ borderRadius: 8, background: 'var(--mantine-color-default-hover)' }}>
+                    <Group gap="xs">
+                      <ThemeIcon variant="light" color={hasActive(m.value) ? 'teal' : 'gray'} size={30} radius="md">
+                        <IconFingerprint size={15} />
+                      </ThemeIcon>
+                      <Text fz="sm">{m.label}</Text>
+                    </Group>
+                    {hasActive(m.value) ? (
+                      <Group gap="xs">
+                        <StatusBadge tone="success" label="Enrolled" />
+                        <Button
+                          size="xs"
+                          color="red"
+                          variant="subtle"
+                          loading={revoking}
+                          onClick={() => {
+                            const row = (enrollments ?? []).find((e) => e.modality === m.value);
+                            if (row) handleRevoke(row.id);
+                          }}
+                        >
+                          Revoke
+                        </Button>
+                      </Group>
+                    ) : (
+                      <Badge color="gray" variant="light">Not enrolled</Badge>
+                    )}
+                  </Group>
+                ))}
+                {(enrollments ?? []).map((e) => (
+                  <Text key={e.id} fz="xs" c="dimmed">
+                    {e.modality} captured {showDate(e.enrolledAt)}{e.deviceId ? ` · ${e.deviceId}` : ''}
+                  </Text>
+                ))}
+              </Stack>
+            )}
+          </Card>
+        </Stack>
+      )}
+    </Container>
+  );
+}
+
+export default BiometricEnrollmentPage;
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
index 94622fa47..672c771a1 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/am.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export const am: Translations = {
     // vesselRegistrationReport: 'የምዝገባ ሪፖርት',
     vesselTransfers: "የመርከብ ባለቤትነት ዝውውር",
     seafarerRegistry: "የመርከበኞች መዝገብ",
+    biometricEnrollment: "ባዮሜትሪክ ምዝገባ",
     seafarerRegistrationQueue: "የመርከበኞች ምዝገባ ወረፋ",
     applications: "ማመልከቻዎች",
     paymentConfig: "የክፍያ ውቅረት",
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
index e98459f58..197ff06f8 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export const en = {
     vesselRegistrations: 'Vessel Registration',
     vesselTransfers: 'Vessel Ownership Transfer',
     seafarerRegistry: 'Seafarer Registry',
+    biometricEnrollment: 'Biometric Enrollment',
     seafarerRegistrationQueue: 'Seafarer Registration Queue',
     applications: 'Applications',
     paymentConfig: 'Payment Config',
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/layouts/nav-config.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/layouts/nav-config.ts
index 969e7d0f9..3122c22a2 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/layouts/nav-config.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/layouts/nav-config.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   IconCreditCard,
   IconFileDescription,
   IconFilePlus,
+  IconFingerprint,
   IconGauge,
   IconGavel,
   IconHeart,
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ export const NAV_SECTIONS: NavSection[] = [
     label: 'nav.groupSeafarer',
     items: [
       { to: '/seafarer-registry', label: 'nav.seafarerRegistry', icon: IconUsers, permissions: [P.VIEW_SEAFARER_REGISTRY] },
+      { to: '/biometric-enrollment', label: 'nav.biometricEnrollment', icon: IconFingerprint, permissions: [P.ENROLL_BIOMETRICS, P.VIEW_BIOMETRICS] },
       { to: '/seafarer-registrations', label: 'nav.seafarerRegistrationQueue', icon: IconId, permissions: [P.VIEW_SEAFARER_REGISTRY] },
       { to: '/licence-review/type/CERTIFICATE_OF_COMPETENCY', label: 'nav.cocQueue', icon: IconShieldCheck, permissions: [P.VIEW_SEAFARER_REGISTRY] },
       { to: '/licence-review/type/CERTIFICATE_OF_PROFICIENCY', label: 'nav.copQueue', icon: IconShieldCheck, permissions: [P.VIEW_SEAFARER_REGISTRY] },
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/router/index.tsx b/apps/backoffice/src/app/router/index.tsx
index dde6d1e2e..46f0879f0 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/router/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/router/index.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import { LicenseReviewPage } from '../features/license-review/pages/LicenseRevie
 import { LogisticsHeadDashboardPage } from '../features/logistics-head/pages/LogisticsHeadDashboardPage';
 import { CertificateDesignerPage } from '../features/certificate-designer/pages/CertificateDesignerPage';
 import { CertificateRequirementsPage } from '../features/certificate-requirements/pages/CertificateRequirementsPage';
+import { BiometricEnrollmentPage } from '../features/biometric-enrollment/pages/BiometricEnrollmentPage';
 
 /** Any-of gate shared by every licence-type queue and its review workspace. */
 const APPLICATION_QUEUE = [P.VIEW_APPLICATION_QUEUE, P.VIEW_APPLICATIONS];
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ const router = createBrowserRouter([
           { path: 'sea-service-verification', element: guard([P.VERIFY_SEAFARER_RECORDS], <SeaServiceVerificationPage />) },
           { path: 'payment-config', element: guard([P.VIEW_PAYMENTS], <PaymentConfigPage />) },
           { path: 'seafarer-registry', element: guard([P.VIEW_SEAFARER_REGISTRY], <SeafarerRegistryPage />) },
+          { path: 'biometric-enrollment', element: guard([P.ENROLL_BIOMETRICS, P.VIEW_BIOMETRICS], <BiometricEnrollmentPage />) },
           // Seafarer registration is not a licence: own queue, own review.
           { path: 'seafarer-registrations', element: guard(APPLICATION_QUEUE, <SeafarerRegistrationQueuePage />) },
           { path: 'seafarer-registrations/:id', element: guard(APPLICATION_QUEUE, <SeafarerRegistrationReviewPage />) },
diff --git a/libs/api/src/index.ts b/libs/api/src/index.ts
index 903012532..558be9a7a 100644
--- a/libs/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/libs/api/src/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export * from './lib/features/location';
 export * from './lib/features/seafarer';
 export * from './lib/features/seafarer-registration';
 export * from './lib/features/seafarer-document';
+export * from './lib/features/biometric-enrollment';
 export * from './lib/features/vessel';
 export { baseQueryWithReauth, configureTokenRefresh } from './lib/base-api/base-query-with-reauth';
 export { openAuthedDocument, downloadAuthedFile } from './lib/base-api/download';
diff --git a/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/biometric-enrollment-api.ts b/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/biometric-enrollment-api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd10cec4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/biometric-enrollment-api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { baseApi } from '../../base-api';
+import type { BiometricEnrollment, EnrollBiometric } from './biometric-enrollment.types';
+
+const TAG = 'BiometricEnrollment' as const;
+const forProfile = (profileId: string) => ({ type: TAG, id: profileId }) as const;
+
+/**
+ * Scanner capture (fingerprint, face) stored per profile. No applicant-facing
+ * endpoint — enrollment happens at a counter with a scanner.
+ */
+export const biometricEnrollmentApi = baseApi
+  .enhanceEndpoints({ addTagTypes: [TAG] })
+  .injectEndpoints({
+    endpoints: (builder) => ({
+      enrollBiometric: builder.mutation<BiometricEnrollment, EnrollBiometric>({
+        query: (body) => ({ url: '/biometric-enrollments', method: 'POST', body }),
+        invalidatesTags: (r, error) => (error || !r ? [] : [forProfile(r.profileId)]),
+      }),
+
+      getBiometricEnrollments: builder.query<BiometricEnrollment[], string>({
+        query: (profileId) => ({ url: `/biometric-enrollments/profile/${profileId}` }),
+        providesTags: (_r, _e, profileId) => [forProfile(profileId)],
+      }),
+
+      revokeBiometricEnrollment: builder.mutation<
+        BiometricEnrollment,
+        { id: string; profileId: string; reason: string }
+      >({
+        query: ({ id, reason }) => ({
+          url: `/biometric-enrollments/${id}/revoke`,
+          method: 'POST',
+          body: { reason },
+        }),
+        invalidatesTags: (_r, error, { profileId }) => (error ? [] : [forProfile(profileId)]),
+      }),
+    }),
+    overrideExisting: false,
+  });
+
+export const {
+  useEnrollBiometricMutation,
+  useGetBiometricEnrollmentsQuery,
+  useRevokeBiometricEnrollmentMutation,
+} = biometricEnrollmentApi;
diff --git a/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/biometric-enrollment.types.ts b/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/biometric-enrollment.types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d70322672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/biometric-enrollment.types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+export type BiometricModality = 'FINGERPRINT' | 'FACE';
+export type BiometricEnrollmentStatus = 'ACTIVE' | 'REVOKED';
+
+export interface BiometricEnrollment {
+  id: string;
+  profileId: string;
+  modality: BiometricModality;
+  templateFormat: string;
+  qualityScore: number | null;
+  deviceId: string | null;
+  status: BiometricEnrollmentStatus;
+  enrolledById: string;
+  enrolledAt: string;
+  consentAt: string;
+  revokedReason: string | null;
+  revokedById: string | null;
+  revokedAt: string | null;
+  createdAt: string;
+  updatedAt: string;
+}
+
+export interface EnrollBiometric {
+  profileId: string;
+  modality: BiometricModality;
+  /** Vendor SDK template, base64. Never the raw scan image. */
+  template: string;
+  templateFormat: string;
+  qualityScore?: number;
+  deviceId?: string;
+  /** ISO 8601 — when the subject consented to capture. */
+  consentAt: string;
+}
diff --git a/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/index.ts b/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f824d5e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/api/src/lib/features/biometric-enrollment/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './biometric-enrollment.types';
+export * from './biometric-enrollment-api';
diff --git a/libs/auth/src/lib/permissions.constants.ts b/libs/auth/src/lib/permissions.constants.ts
index 3ea7859c8..b09917649 100644
--- a/libs/auth/src/lib/permissions.constants.ts
+++ b/libs/auth/src/lib/permissions.constants.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export const LICENSE_PERMISSIONS = {
   MANAGE_SEAFARER_STATUS: "can:manage:seafarer-status",
   VIEW_SEAFARER_REGISTRY: "can:View:seafarer-registry",
   VERIFY_SEAFARER_RECORDS: "can:verify:seafarer-records",
+  ENROLL_BIOMETRICS: "can:enroll:biometrics",
+  VIEW_BIOMETRICS: "can:View:biometrics",
   VIEW_VESSEL_REGISTRY: "can:View:vessel-registry",
   MANAGE_VESSEL_STATUS: "can:manage:vessel-status",
   APPROVE_QUESTION: "can:approve:exam-question",