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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-09-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001312073</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>VeriFone Holdings, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PAY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001262949</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GTCR PARTNERS VII L P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>300 N. LASALLE STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 5600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60654</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See remarks below</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001105021</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GTCR GOLDER RAUNER LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>300 N. LASALLE STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 5600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60654</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See remarks below</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-09-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>506</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>749466</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-09-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>239128</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.09</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>510338</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects a pro rata distribution of such shares by GTCR Partners VII, L.P. (&quot;Partners VII&quot;) to its general partner GTCR Golder Rauner, L.L.C. (&quot;GTCR&quot;). The distribution of shares from Partners VII to GTCR was exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, promulgated by Rule 16a-13 thereunder.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reflects shares received by Partners VII as a result of pro rata distributions from GTCR Fund VII, L.P. (&quot;Fund VII&quot;) that were exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 16a-13 promulgated thereunder.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Represents the weighted average price of the shares sold. The prices actually received ranged from $14.00 to $14.21.  The reporting person will provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The beneficial ownership information does not include shares held by other stockholders subject to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2002, by and among VeriFone Holdings, Inc., Fund VII, GTCR Co-Invest, L.P., GTCR Capital Partners, L.P., TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners III, L.P., TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Trust III, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners III Netherlands, L.P. and TCW Leveraged Income Trust VI, L.P., VF Holding Corp. and the executives party thereto (the &quot;Stockholders Agreement&quot;). Subject to specified conditions, the Stockholders Agreement requires the stockholders who are parties to it to consent to any sale of the Issuer to a non-affiliate of GTCR if the sale is approved by the holders of a majority of the shares subject to the agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This provision generally applies to any set of transactions that results in the acquisition, by a person or group of related persons, of substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or of an amount of the Issuer's stock with sufficient voting power to elect a majority of the Issuer's directors. Each of the Reporting Persons expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares held by other stockholders subject to the Stockholders Agreement. The filing of this form shall not be deemed an admission that any Reporting Person is, for Section 16 purposes or otherwise, the beneficial owner of such shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The Reporting Person may be deemed a director by virtue of its member serving on the board of directors of VeriFone Holdings, Inc.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Steven S. Hall under a power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
