You get the cover sheet immediately upon submission of your form 1. If you didn't get it immediately something is very wrong
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Did you receive any email? The prints cover letter is a pdf attached to an email and is easy to miss.So, I’m waiting for an email telling me where to send my fingerprint cards, right? I submitted the eForm-1 on 4Aug, got my prints at the PD on 6Aug and it’s 15Aug. The website just indicates in processing. Nothing in email spam. Should I “Ask the Experts" or hang tight?
This. @MaverickNH if viewing from an iPhone the attachment will not show up in the email. Must view from a web browserDid you receive any email? The prints cover letter is a pdf attached to an email and is easy to miss.
This. @MaverickNH if viewing from an iPhone the attachment will not show up in the email. Must view from a web browser
Dang - a rogue Outlook Rule grabbed it into a folder and it auto-archived. But I have it now and it will arrive on Business Day 10 after submission.You get the cover sheet immediately upon submission of your form 1. If you didn't get it immediately something is very wrong
Wow. Good to know! ThanksAfter the ATF upgraded the software in December 2021 you now see the attachments on emails when using an iPhone.
Did you check to see if the cover letter from eforms maybe went to a junk/spam folder? Ask the Experts, or call the NFA number at ATF eforms. Are you sure you submitted the $200 payment for the tax stamp?So, I’m waiting for an email telling me where to send my fingerprint cards, right? I submitted the eForm-1 on 4Aug, got my prints at the PD on 6Aug and it’s 15Aug. The website just indicates in processing. Nothing in email spam. Should I “Ask the Experts" or hang tight?
Wow. Good to know! Thanks
I wouldn't worry. Rumor is they extended the 10 day to 45 day windowDang - a rogue Outlook Rule grabbed it into a folder and it auto-archived. But I have it now and it will arrive on Business Day 10 after submission.
Thanks - glad I asked!
Can confirm.I wouldn't worry. Rumor is they extended the 10 day to 45 day window
This is probably fact. However, if they pick your form on day 20 and your prints aren’t there I’d be willing to bet you are getting a disapproval.I wouldn't worry. Rumor is they extended the 10 day to 45 day window
My experience was they shove your stuff to the bottom of the pile.This is probably fact. However, if they pick your form on day 20 and your prints aren’t there I’d be willing to bet you are getting a disapproval.
That still sucks when you are expecting your eForm 1 to take two weeks. Logistically its better than a disapproval but probably takes longer. It's always hard to know with the ATF.My experience was they shove your stuff to the bottom of the pile.
Took 90 days to get my stamp.
I agree. The thing that really irritated me is it was a pure US Postal Service problem. I payed for 2 day delivery and tracking, and it still took the Post Office 3 weeks to deliver it.That still sucks when you are expecting your eForm 1 to take two weeks. Logistically its better than a disapproval but probably takes longer. It's always hard to know with the ATF.
Unfortunately you’re now past the 10-day requirement to send them in. They have to ARRIVE, not ship, within 10 days of the application submission. Can’t answer why you didn’t get the email, but can tell you you’re going to have to start over unfortunately.So, I’m waiting for an email telling me where to send my fingerprint cards, right? I submitted the eForm-1 on 4Aug, got my prints at the PD on 6Aug and it’s 15Aug. The website just indicates in processing. Nothing in email spam. Should I “Ask the Experts" or hang tight?
This is not accurate. The 10 day requirement has been broadened per a conversation I've had with an examiner about 6 months agoUnfortunately you’re now past the 10-day requirement to send them in. They have to ARRIVE, not ship, within 10 days of the application submission. Can’t answer why you didn’t get the email, but can tell you you’re going to have to start over unfortunately.
My prints arrived on the 11th business day after my Form 1 was submitted - USPS let me down on 2-day Priority Mail. It took a full day to go from the Bedford NH Post Office, to the Goffstown, Manchester and then the Nashua NH distribution centers, before heading to ATF in WV. I see an outgoing USPS blue drop box in the front in Google Maps pictures - next time I‘’ just drop my mail there.This is not accurate. The 10 day requirement has been broadened per a conversation I've had with an examiner about 6 months ago
They got my prints on day 11 (8/14/22) and the eForms sites say "In Processing" 5 weeks later. I might send an "Ask the Experts" email to see if the squeaky wheel gets some grease. Nothing to lose…My experience was they shove your stuff to the bottom of the pile.
Took 90 days to get my stamp.
Guaranteed they just confirm receipt of your form 1 cover letter and prints and say they’re waiting on the FBI to perform the background check. They’ll tell you nothing they can do until they hear back from the FBI, and that they’re receiving/processing unprecedented amounts of forms as quickly as they can. Infringement through stall tactics and bureaucracy. They need to abolish NFA altogether if they can’t perform processing and administration of their own process.They got my prints on day 11 (8/14/22) and the eForms sites say "In Processing" 5 weeks later. I might send an "Ask the Experts" email to see if the squeaky wheel gets some grease. Nothing to lose…
Approval received today 9/29/2022, so 6-7 weeks after prints arrived.They got my prints on day 11 (8/14/22) and the eForms sites say "In Processing" 5 weeks later. I might send an "Ask the Experts" email to see if the squeaky wheel gets some grease. Nothing to lose…
That looks great! I have an old Sig 556R that I would love to SBR but it would have to be a cut down, they look so good.Approval received today 9/29/2022, so 6-7 weeks after prints arrived.
Here’s my SIG556P upper meeting my SIG556 lower for the first time. It folds small - just 20.5 inches.View attachment 667687View attachment 667688
I just threw on the Mepro M21 - the levers on the mount interfere with the charging handle operation unless it’s way forward so I gotta get a small/lighter optic. Maybe another Holosun.
All of my NFA submissions have been for home built firearms. I was instructed to make note of that on the application. Submissions get thru pending research much quicker now.Ive been going round and round on a Form 1 to SBR an 80%. Submitted it back in December of 21, right when they revamped their website. I couldn't get out of "draft" status for anything. Any time I navigated eforms I would get an error "unable to save form, if problem reoccurs contact system administrator"
Thats all I could get. I asked the experts several times with no reply. I called, and called, and called, and every answer I got was we cant help you, not my job etc...
I emailed every and all offices that could possibly have anything to do with NFA and eforms, never once got a reply there either...
So....last week, a buddy was submitting an eform 1 and he got the same message! He cleared his error somehow, and we poked around on mine and whent line by line re-entering all the data on my application and it went through!!!!
Got the confirmation email that my application is "pending research" vs "submitted" and now im checking my email every day for the cover letter to send in my prints.
This happened on my first eform1, I submitted it, it was pending research, then got an email maybe a week later to send in my prints, then got approved a few weeks after that.
I'm told that 80% lowers get looked at more because people screw up the application in naming the manufacturer vs maker?
Dunno.