However, the ATF won't be processing any pending stamps during the Federal Government shutdown. This means that ATF Form 1's, ATF eForm 1's and ATF Form 4's won't be processing. Applicants that are still in the pending status before the Federal Government shutdown will still be pending during the shutdown.
The term ORI that is located on the FBI/ATF FD-258 fingerprint cards is short for originating agency identification. The ORI number is a nine-character identifier assigned to an agency.
Our customers who receive correction letters are reporting to us that their ATF tax stamp is approved in as little as one week and up to 3 weeks. The ATF application correction letter comes after your background check is approved from the FBI and is one of the last steps of your application.
If you have a stripped lower receiver you can register it as a SBR with the ATF. In order to apply using the ATF 5320.1 or the eForm 1 you will need to know the Overall Length (OAL) of the SBR that you are going to make and the caliber of the SBR that you intend to make.
Effective Monday 24th, December, 2018, the ATF Distribution Center will initiate the process of moving to a new location. Email requests/orders will be received and held but no orders will be fulfilled until start of business Tuesday 8th January, 2019.
You aren't required to submit the design schematics for your silencer build. However you can, this is up to you. What is required is the model designation, the caliber, the serial number that you have created and the length of the silencer.
If you are going to use the ATF's eForm 1 application process to apply for your ATF 5320.1 Form tax stamp, you will need to make sure your NFA Gun Trust is under 3mb or less. This is due to the upload limitations that the ATF has set for their eForm's website.
The most common names that we see when our customers are creating their NFA Gun Trust names are their last name, or another derivative of their name to create "the name of their trust, e.g. "Murphy Gun Trust", "RSM Gun Trust, Randy Murphy Gun Trust, etc.
If your FD-258 fingerprint cards don't arrive to the ATF within the 10 business days then your application will be disapproved by the ATF. This will require you to submit your application on the ATF eForm's site.
