How long does the fingerprint analysis take???

Thank you!!!

What are your times redbarron06? And who is your examiner?

No rhyme or reason in the BATFE universe. Tons of ways they could speed the process up but then everyone and their mother would have an SBR, SBS can or DD - something the Gubmint (particularly this administration) doesnt want to see happen.
Just FYI my last transfer (MG) took 5 months or so.

Originally Posted by bwhited

Thank you!!!

What are your times redbarron06? And who is your examiner?

I am running 3 and a half months now on my SBR and 3 weeks on my can.

I have not gotten to the point of talking to the examiner yet. The person that answers the phone can pretty much tell me anything the examiner can.

I do have a buddy that says ATF is getting jsut as frustreated as we are. right now they are farming out the fingerprints to the FBI but are trying to start doing them in house again because they were doing them faster without having the FBI "helping"

I just keep thinking "I cant wait for the day when our health care and a life saving surgery needs to go through 3 different govt agencies to get approved!"

The person who answers the phone can tell you who your examiner is if you are in the system. BTW there is no need to talk to an examiner unless your paperwork is taking longer than usual (like 7 or 8 months). All this does is take them away from actually doing thier job. Presently there are nine examiners 1) Andrew Ashton 2)Ted Clutter 3)Nicole Dudash 4)Nancy Flanigan 5)Jason Frushour 6)Albert Lamberger 7)William Shipman 8) Sandra Snook and 9)Barbara Payne. There are also two supervisors 1) Dawn Henson and 2) Rob Howard. When you add up all the forms (1,2,3,4,5,6,10, and 20) the current submission rate is over 1 million forms a year for 11 people. I know it could be better, but just think about this when you start to bitch about having to wait 4 months. Ted Clutter and Barbara Payne are good to go, I have delt with them on quite a few forms. William Shipman is never there, so if he is your examiner be ready to wait.
-Jason G

Just FYI, I sent my paperwork off for a .22 can on Jan 22, got my stamp back on June 22. 6 months......

Like I stated eairler I had one in 2006 that had a total turn around time of a month. I started this process on Feb. 16th. Here it is six months later and I am still waiting. There is no excuse, I don't care how many applications they are getting because of the election.

With all of the govt expansion you would think that they would add some examiners but I guess that would help put those evil machine guns in the hands of law abiding citizens.

Jasongar8, Which one does the letter W? I guess they do it by last name.

Originally Posted by bwhited

Like I stated eairler I had one in 2006 that had a total turn around time of a month. I started this process on Feb. 16th. Here it is six months later and I am still waiting. There is no excuse, I don't care how many applications they are getting because of the election.

Keep bitching, that will make it get here faster. Im not making excuses for anyone brother, Im just giving you the facts.
-Jason G

Originally Posted by redbarron06

Jasongar8, Which one does the letter W? I guess they do it by last name.

Yeah they do it by the first letter of your last name. Nicole Dudash should be your examiner. Rob Howard has been helping on some of the "W" forms so he might sign yours.
-Jason G

Has anybody tried calling thier congress critters about this? I know that we dont have many good ones here in TN when it comes to guns. I would not bother calling Alexander, or Gorden but mayby some of the others. I think it is fair to say that this office is understaffed for the job they have to do. It seems like they should have 90 folks riather than 9.

I agree that they need more staff, a lot more. But I dont think that BATFE as whole cares how long it takes. As bad as the economy is I cant see them spending more money just to speed up the process. This doesnt mean that we shouldnt try though....
-Jason G