current ATF wait time

[jmira]

I have a 7.62 can that I paid for in full February 2nd, 2013. The pending date on that one is August 14.

I got one pending 6/6 - check cashed 4/8 - I am having a hard time forgetting about this now!

 

[FoxFirearms]

In the middle of the year, the wait time was about 6 months. I recently spoke with my ATF rep and she told me NFA is taking about 15 months to process a class III tax stamp.

 

[Pwilliams1]

In the middle of the year, the wait time was about 6 months. I recently spoke with my ATF rep and she told me NFA is taking about 15 months to process a class III tax stamp.

What in the world!?

I can't imagine there has been a spike in volume enough to cause that much of a back log. Maybe I'm wrong.

 

[rsideout]

I got one pending 6/6 - check cashed 4/8 - I am having a hard time forgetting about this now!

Just open a bottle of your MD Shooters Merlot to help you forget.

 

[codefive]

Submitted paper to ATF end of January for a .45 can ...
Received stamp Monday (State paper took FIVE days)

Been waiting for my STATE paper for an SBR w/ a can since September 2nd. I'm dreading the ATF wait IF I can ever get MSP to give me their paper.

 

[Klunatic]

Submitted paper to ATF end of January for a .45 can ...
Received stamp Monday (State paper took FIVE days)

Been waiting for my STATE paper for an SBR w/ a can since September 2nd. I'm dreading the ATF wait IF I can ever get MSP to give me their paper.

Seems like the electronic filed forms are getting processed in 3 months. NFA tracker is showing a pretty good number of them being processed quickly.

I have a suppressor that was submitted early March, and 2 SBRs in July, before the electronic system went on line. I spoke to NFA yesterday and supposedly my suppressor was in problem status but it was cleared and I should see it mid January. I hope the SBRs don't take 9 months it just kills be to see all this stuff being processed from Sept and my stuff is stuck in the old system.

It looks like they do finally have additional agents to process the applications so hopefully they will being processing faster.

 

[Abacab]

Seems like the electronic filed forms are getting processed in 3 months. NFA tracker is showing a pretty good number of them being processed quickly.

I have a suppressor that was submitted early March, and 2 SBRs in July, before the electronic system went on line. I spoke to NFA yesterday and supposedly my suppressor was in problem status but it was cleared and I should see it mid January. I hope the SBRs don't take 9 months it just kills be to see all this stuff being processed from Sept and my stuff is stuck in the old system.

It looks like they do finally have additional agents to process the applications so hopefully they will being processing faster.

When did your March app go pending? I have a late March app pending since the end of may. Sigh.

 

[CATMdude]

Type: Individual Form 4 SBR
Purchased: 12/29/2012
Transferred to Dealer: 02/15/2013
Sent: 02/26/2013
Received: 03/01/2013
Cashed: 03/04/2013
Pending: 04/19/2013
2nd Pending: 08/20/2013
Approved: 12/11/2013
Received: 12/20/2013
Examiner: Christina Farris

357 days from purchase to pick up.

 

[Klunatic]

When did your March app go pending? I have a late March app pending since the end of may. Sigh.

Pending May 23rd.

 

[SneakySh0rty]

I was reading through the eForm News December Bulletin

Their average processing time
Form 1 paper: 9 months
Form 1 eform: 6 months
Form 4 paper: 9 months
Form 4 eform: 6 months

Granted eforms are coming back faster than paper. As some are finding out, there is no error correction on an eform. If it has errors, it will be disapproved, and you will need to resubmit all over again. Yea it seems eforms are being completed in roughly 3 months, but as more people efile, that process might actually reach their 6 month projection, and if you have errors, you just lost those 6 months compared to paper.

So, before you submit, double check your Trust, use the "ask the experts" on the atf site, and read their bulletins to make sure you filled everything out properly.

I have a feeling I may have to resubmit. Ill find out hopefully in about a week or so

 

[Kingjamez]

I don't think it is strictly true that eForms can not be corrected. I think in the above case, the examiner probably got irritated that someone would submit a trust document that can't be read. They have a checklist for trusts, if the trust is unreadable it would make it very frustrating. I submitted a Form 1 on 09/30/13 and an agent informed me that my trust name was too long for the eForm so the agent made the modifications to my form and re-submitted it for me.

-Jim

 

[rcpd34]

I submitted a form four with a minor error. I indicated lane instead of road in the address and I was told the entire form had to be withdrawn and resubmitted.

 

[SneakySh0rty]

I don't think it is strictly true that eForms can not be corrected. I think in the above case, the examiner probably got irritated that someone would submit a trust document that can't be read. They have a checklist for trusts, if the trust is unreadable it would make it very frustrating. I submitted a Form 1 on 09/30/13 and an agent informed me that my trust name was too long for the eForm so the agent made the modifications to my form and re-submitted it for me.

-Jim

Perhaps your case may have been an exception. Hopefully their policy will change, but from their dec '13 bulletin page 9.

ATF cannot emphasize enough that any submitter ensure
that the application is correct. We cannot make any
changes to a submitted application so the processing
for an eForm application is different from the process-
ing of a paper application. This is especially true for the
NFA applications. A paper application can be sent back for
correction and returned to us – however, an eForm appli-
cation cannot be corrected. It must be disapproved. The
applicant will have to submit an entire new application
with the corrected information. If you have any question
about the completion of the form, use the Ask the Experts
function with the eForms system.

 

[Kingjamez]

Perhaps your case may have been an exception. Hopefully their policy will change, but from their dec '13 bulletin page 9.

Very interesting, that directly contradicts what the agent did for me. It is interesting that when the agent redid my form, the submittal date changed for my digital "signature" from 9/30 to 10/18 (they made the changes after the government re-opened). I was a bit perturbed since I was looking to get the SBR in pre-Oct 1st. While I did get it in, in time, the Form 1 now doesn't show that. Perhaps the changing of the signature date (falsely) is part of the reason for the change.

-Jim

 

[spitfire481]

form 4
check cashed 3/5
called and picked up 12/24

sorry, cant remember when i mailed it in and never called to see when it went pending.

 

[GasTerp09]

Just got off the phone with Vicky or Nicky? at ATF. They are saying 9 months from pending to completion.....and the waiting continues......

 

[rsideout]

Just got off the phone with Vicky or Nicky? at ATF. They are saying 9 months from pending to completion.....and the waiting continues......

That would be Nicole "Nickie" Dudash.

 

[Ovid]

Just got off the phone with Vicky or Nicky? at ATF. They are saying 9 months from pending to completion.....and the waiting continues......

Uhg, I was kinda hopping to put the paperwork in for a suppressor soon =/

 

[cougar7890]

looks like the earliest one I get back would be in March (it went pending in June).. it's taking too long

 

[Kingjamez]

Got 3 Form 1's back today:

Type: Trust, Form 1
Sent: 03/05/2013
Cashed: 03/15/2013
Pending: 5/06/2013
Approved: 12/30/2013
Received: 01/02/2014
Examiner: Daniel Paraksy