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Dansjeep2000
11-30-2011, 12:06 PM
Anyone talked to her on the phone? Just kinda wondering how long to wait before calling to check on my Form 4 status.

rjrivero
11-30-2011, 12:13 PM
Anyone talked to her on the phone? Just kinda wondering how long to wait before calling to check on my Form 4 status.
According to NFA Tracker (http://www.nfatracker.com/reports.aspx), you should wait 139 days on average from the time you send your form 4 to the time you receive it back.

It's about 105 days from the day your Form 4 goes pending to the time you receive it back.

IF you call the NFA branch, just have the serial number of your item handy, and they can tell you when it went "Pending."

Dansjeep2000
12-01-2011, 09:48 AM
How long should I wait to call and see if its "Pending"

rjrivero
12-01-2011, 10:10 AM
How long should I wait to call and see if its "Pending"
I usually wait about 3 weeks or so. We send Form 4's to Georgia, then they cash the check and send them out to WV for processing. Usually takes 2-3 weeks to go from check cashed, to pending status.

dougwg
12-01-2011, 10:26 AM
Don't hold your breath...

I bet with the influx of form 1, 3 and 4's from Michigan we'll be looking at 8-12 month waits.

ColonelKurtz
12-01-2011, 10:30 AM
I read in the NFA section of other forums that she is notoriously slow and "the worst." I doubt calling will make her move any faster :shrugs:

Dansjeep2000
12-01-2011, 10:37 AM
I'm sure it won't, just wishful thinking.

rjrivero
12-07-2011, 03:55 PM
I read in the NFA section of other forums that she is notoriously slow and "the worst." I doubt calling will make her move any faster :shrugs:
When you call the ATF, you don't interrupt any of the examiners. You will talk to one of three folks who answer the phones. They take your serial number and will give you the pending date. They will undoubtedly tell you the party line of "Five months" for your pending to stamp time.

You won't create any more lead time by just calling to check your pending date.

Call all you'd like. Their phone is (304)616-4500.

pgaplayerless
12-07-2011, 05:46 PM
My Form 4 has been approved in less then 3 months.

GarrettJ
12-07-2011, 06:18 PM
My Form 4 has been approved in less then 3 months.
But how long ago was that? A few years ago Form 4 transfers were taking less than 2 months. A few years before that, I'd had them take over 5 months.

As it is, it's still a crap shoot. While the "average" time might be 5 months, people have recently reported times significantly shorter and longer than that.

FWIW, my most recent transfer was signed by the police chief 5/5/10 (and likely received by ATF a few days later), and stamped approved 6/28/10. (Wow, that was fast).
OTOH, I had a Form 1 that went out 3/15/04 and wasn't approved until 10/3/04.

eta: I had a couple in '06 that were under 1.5 months. But on a couple of occasions I've had a simple 5320.20 take anywhere from 6 to 8 months.

pgaplayerless
12-07-2011, 06:24 PM
But how long ago was that? A few years ago Form 4 transfers were taking less than 2 months. A few years before that, I'd had them take over 5 months.

As it is, it's still a crap shoot. While the "average" time might be 5 months, people have recently reported times significantly shorter and longer than that.

FWIW, my most recent transfer was signed by the police chief 5/5/10 (and likely received by ATF a few days later), and stamped approved 6/28/10. (Wow, that was fast).
OTOH, I had a Form 1 that went out 3/15/04 and wasn't approved until 10/3/04.

Ok scratch that, under two months.

3/5/11 check cashed. 5/10/11 Form 4 received.

But I have been probed by the fed gov so many times, I think i get the VIP treatment.

rjrivero
12-07-2011, 06:54 PM
Ok scratch that, under two months.

3/5/11 check cashed. 5/10/11 Form 4 received.

But I have been probed by the fed gov so many times, I think i get the VIP treatment.
Just last year I had one form 4 approved in 10 weeks. I had a form 1 come back in 9 weeks as well.

Things got back logged. I have two form 4's pending since August.

forrest0872
12-07-2011, 07:00 PM
I was hoping that we didn't get Mrs. Farris................

I want my SF 556 mini before summer..................................

forrest -