My town doesn't have a police department so I had to go to the Hamilton State Police Station to get fingerprinted and submit my application. Has anyone else had to go there? How long do they take?
FID wait time: NJ State Police: Hamilton Station
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My town doesn't have a police department so I had to go to the Hamilton State Police Station to get fingerprinted and submit my application. Has anyone else had to go there? How long do they take?
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It's been about ten years, when I moved to the area. I got my FID(change of address), but my pistol permit took six months.
Supposedly, my fingerprints didn't come out good enough and I had to be redone.
After 90 days, I had called and asked, how it was going? I was told, I had been called and notified about the finger printing.
I live alone and had never received this info or had a message been left, but knew enough, where I would get by complaining.
So, I went back(at that time, it was at the Princeton barracks), got redone and 90 days later, got my pistol permit.
Good luck, I'd still rather deal with the State Police, than local P.O.'s, unless your connected.
Supposedly, my fingerprints didn't come out good enough and I had to be redone.
After 90 days, I had called and asked, how it was going? I was told, I had been called and notified about the finger printing.
I live alone and had never received this info or had a message been left, but knew enough, where I would get by complaining.
So, I went back(at that time, it was at the Princeton barracks), got redone and 90 days later, got my pistol permit.
Good luck, I'd still rather deal with the State Police, than local P.O.'s, unless your connected.
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Uh oh...See my thread about my experience. 191 days
Phone # to call every 2 weeks - 609.584.5015
Speak with Trooper Toth(pronounced like "both").
Best of luck
http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/article43310.htm
Phone # to call every 2 weeks - 609.584.5015
Speak with Trooper Toth(pronounced like "both").
Best of luck
http://www.newjerseyhunter.com/article43310.htm
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Got mine from there about 4 years ago - took 35 days exactly from filing to the call to come get it.
Not denying others' problems, but that was my experience.
Not denying others' problems, but that was my experience.
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3,4 to 5 MONTHS.... you are the lowest priority to the State police.. Especially to a busy troop....
Hopefully it wont take too long for you. I went to my local PD yesterday for an address change and a handgun permit. The ID Detective showed me the stack of paper work he has been processing. He said you wouldnt believe the amount of new ID's and handgun permit requests since November.
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wow....not what i wanted to hear but i figured it would be something like that. Thanks for all your resposes and I'll let you know how it goes
It took my wife and I exactly 3 months, to the day at the Hamilton Barracks. From the day we got fingerprinted and returned the form from Sageo. Hope it turns out easier for you.
Want a laugh... I applied for the FID and 3 handgun purchase permits, my wife just for the FID. They called my wife's references and asked about her. And they called my references asking about my wife. They NEVER called my references and asked about me.
Makes it apparent how useless the system is. [eyeroll]
Want a laugh... I applied for the FID and 3 handgun purchase permits, my wife just for the FID. They called my wife's references and asked about her. And they called my references asking about my wife. They NEVER called my references and asked about me.
Makes it apparent how useless the system is. [eyeroll]
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As funny as that is...its actually sad. If they're gonna take so long it should at least be a good reason. I wonder how many times something like that has happened and someone got an FID who never should have. [confused]
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Mr J and I dropped off ours together end of October.. Mine was a name change (got married 
) I have had mine for several years now..
He has been buying guns for almost a month now.. I have yet to get a phone call to pick my new card up.. Great [down]
) I have had mine for several years now.. He has been buying guns for almost a month now.. I have yet to get a phone call to pick my new card up.. Great [down]
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Call them! Get status, dates when things were sent out and who you spoke to. Things will move much faster once they know you are on to their games.
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I have called three times now.. Nothing.. this is a friggin' joke..
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And what did they tell you? What is the current status?
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By New Jersey gun laws it should only take 30 days. I know someone who took longer but, called them on it and within a week of his complaint he had it. They gave him the run around until he called them on it. My township said 6-8 weeks due to the high volume of applicants.
From the NRAILA
The Permit to Purchase or FID must be granted to a qualified applicant within 30 days from the date of receipt of the application for residents and 45 days for nonresident applicants.
http://www.nraila.org/statelawpdfs/NJSL.pdf
From the NRAILA
The Permit to Purchase or FID must be granted to a qualified applicant within 30 days from the date of receipt of the application for residents and 45 days for nonresident applicants.
http://www.nraila.org/statelawpdfs/NJSL.pdf
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Always call! Stay on top of these lawbreakers!
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I would love to hear the excuses they were giving you...
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O.K., here goes, UHHH-emm, we lost your paper work, you'll need to re-file it. this was the first 3 months, so I re-file. thank god I kept the resipt or I'dev had to pay another 50 bucks.
5-6 months of calling on progress, I get a certified letter telling me I'm denied, with no explinatin as to why. I call Nappen, he tells me I need to wait 4 years to re-apply for the statute of limitaions to run out, just in case I made some sort of error on my app. If I contested it and there was an error on it it could mean 5 years in jail.
that happend twice! two denials without reason. the last time I filed the papers I took copys in case they tried it a third time. By this time we got a new chief of police, and one of my references was the former mayor, and it still took a letter by nappen to get it done! And I don't even have a crimminal record of any sort!
Turns out under the old chief the police were directed to styme any and all FID requests in hopes everone would just give up on it. It's a lot better now though, took a freind of mine only 8 months!!
5-6 months of calling on progress, I get a certified letter telling me I'm denied, with no explinatin as to why. I call Nappen, he tells me I need to wait 4 years to re-apply for the statute of limitaions to run out, just in case I made some sort of error on my app. If I contested it and there was an error on it it could mean 5 years in jail.
that happend twice! two denials without reason. the last time I filed the papers I took copys in case they tried it a third time. By this time we got a new chief of police, and one of my references was the former mayor, and it still took a letter by nappen to get it done! And I don't even have a crimminal record of any sort!
Turns out under the old chief the police were directed to styme any and all FID requests in hopes everone would just give up on it. It's a lot better now though, took a freind of mine only 8 months!!
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Doesn't sound right. Did you think there was an error for some reason? If you knowingly falsified records (not saying you did) that's one thing but if you mistakenly checked a wrong box nobody is going to put you in jail.
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