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    <periodOfReport>2007-07-06</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>FACEPRINT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>fcpg</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Boisjoli Jean Guy</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>750A RUE BOISJOLI</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WICKHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>XX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>J0C 1S0</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>Unknown</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Faceprint global solutions inc.</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-07-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6915000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.002</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6915000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jean-Guy Boisjoli</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-07-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
