forindooruseonly
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...and it seems the examiner has misplaced my pending Form 1. I received a call from a supervisor asking if I was indeed the person who filed the Form 1 and whether I had received any correspondence or paperwork concerning my application. I hadn't. Had I done anything with the gun yet? Nope, still sitting in the safe ready to be shortened. The supervisor informed me that he was doing checks on an efficiency initiative and would be in contact with me when he received more information.
I've never gotten a call from the ATF, so I began to wonder whether I was denied, or if something got lost in the mail, or whatnot. Maybe I had filled out the paperwork wrong, or any number of issues. Great. What really bothered me was the fact that they called me, without me checking up on it. I hadn't bothered to call on my status. I figure the stamp will get here when it gets here, and harassing them over it won't help the process.
A couple of hours later the gentleman calls back. The examiner can't find the Form 1, and he is having the other examiners under him check their stacks for my paperwork. He apologizes, says to give them a week and if it doesn't emerge by then, he will have me resubmit and they'll expedite it through.
Anyone have this happen to their application? The man was very polite about the mix up and seemed to be handling it in a very professional manner. Apparently they have something like 26,000 applications in his group right now to process! Wow. I was pretty impressed that they called me, out of the blue, without me getting to the point of wondering what happened to my application. This is my first actual contact with anyone from the ATF, despite the multiple NFA items I have. I have to say I'm impressed - not that they lost the paperwork - but that they at least caught it and are actively seeking a solution before any outside agitation. I've dealt with other government agencies that wouldn't have bothered...
So I guess I'll hang out and wait a little longer and see what develops.
I've never gotten a call from the ATF, so I began to wonder whether I was denied, or if something got lost in the mail, or whatnot. Maybe I had filled out the paperwork wrong, or any number of issues. Great. What really bothered me was the fact that they called me, without me checking up on it. I hadn't bothered to call on my status. I figure the stamp will get here when it gets here, and harassing them over it won't help the process.
A couple of hours later the gentleman calls back. The examiner can't find the Form 1, and he is having the other examiners under him check their stacks for my paperwork. He apologizes, says to give them a week and if it doesn't emerge by then, he will have me resubmit and they'll expedite it through.
Anyone have this happen to their application? The man was very polite about the mix up and seemed to be handling it in a very professional manner. Apparently they have something like 26,000 applications in his group right now to process! Wow. I was pretty impressed that they called me, out of the blue, without me getting to the point of wondering what happened to my application. This is my first actual contact with anyone from the ATF, despite the multiple NFA items I have. I have to say I'm impressed - not that they lost the paperwork - but that they at least caught it and are actively seeking a solution before any outside agitation. I've dealt with other government agencies that wouldn't have bothered...
So I guess I'll hang out and wait a little longer and see what develops.