Anyone had a Form 4 E-file stamp come back in 90 days? My dealer and all of his buds haven't had one back yet.
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Used a 50% off certificate from KGM and got an R6.5. My local dealer had it in 8 days after form 3 was submitted , KGM was great to deal with.
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We had some of our very first ones come back under 90. Now they are over 110-120 days.
Feb 8th…crickets
eFile on 19 Feb 2022. Called today and they said it's Pending. that's over 120 day and still waiting.
So I filed an eform 4 on February 14 2022. Around the same time I mailed in my FFL app. FFL was approved April 1 I filed another eform 4 on April 6 and a 3rd April 8. The April 8 was approved June 23. April 6 was approved June 27. February 14 still pending.
I'm at 156 days and counting...
Do they randomly pick which forms they process? Or what is more likely if you call to check the status they move it to a special take extra long file
Same boat....mines been pending since early Feb. So much for the more efficient process.
I just sent off a request to my senator. I am only 32 days in, but I am going to see what happens.
They should have hired 87,000 examiners instead of IRS agents.
They should have hired 87,000 examiners instead of IRS agents.
certified two on 3/17… 235 days waiting as of today. mega thread over on reddit has approvals coming between 235 and 238 days. 3/14 to 3/16 certified dates. with a couple 3/18 sprinkled in.
How long are people seeing for status changes? Between "pending/in process" to when its actually assigned to an officer, to approval? I'm at 70 days so far and it's not even been assigned on my e form 4. Not sure if the majority of the wait is from submission of the e form to officer assignment or from officer assignment to approval.
from what i have seen, there is no status change from pending to approved. i’m have talked to atf several times of over the last 7.5 months and all you will ever get from them is “pending”. as a side note, the last time i called the lady told me she had access to that info but has been told by her management not to provide any additional info other than pending.
i hate to cause you any anguish, but at 70 days, it going to be a long time until you get approved. or until they get all the paper forms cleared out and focus on efiles. i’ll be at 240 days 5 days from today. go over to reddit and find the november mega thread and you can see the trends. they also start a new one at the first of the month. so they have months of approvals to look at to try and get a sense of when you may get yours approved.
also, use your control numbers to see where you are in line.
i hate to cause you any anguish, but at 70 days, it going to be a long time until you get approved. or until they get all the paper forms cleared out and focus on efiles. i’ll be at 240 days 5 days from today. go over to reddit and find the november mega thread and you can see the trends. they also start a new one at the first of the month. so they have months of approvals to look at to try and get a sense of when you may get yours approved.
also, use your control numbers to see where you are in line.
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My FFL is telling people 8-10 months (i have a couple in jail on E-files).
Best thing to do is forget you bought anything then be pleasently surprised when you get the call…
Best thing to do is forget you bought anything then be pleasently surprised when you get the call…
Got it. I called to confirm receipt of my finger prints and the woman I spoke to said that I would be notified of a status change when it was given to an officer for review. I am well aware of how long it can take all in, but her comments made me curious about their internal time lines for each portion of the process.
eForm-4 filed 3/11/22 (TBAC can)
Received 11/7/22.
Received 11/7/22.
So are Form 1 coming back quicker than Form 4s?
I was told this week to expect 7 months give or take
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