Form 4 Efile coming

[adamsredlines]

Silencershop said ATF is opening up Efile for Form4 stuff in December.

Hopefully this speeds up Form4 suppressor wait times instead of slowing down all the Efile Form 1 stuff!

 

[MilitantBEEMER]

If it speeds things up significantly, this would get me off the dime and investing in a couple or seven.

 

[adamsredlines]

I think for most, the longest wait is on themselves to just get up and do it.
People (myself included) will wait years to try and avoid a 6-12 month wait.

I wish I had done it in 2014 when I first thought about it!

 

[Profreedomokie]

9 tax stamps and wanting two more.

 

[918evo]

I think for most, the longest wait is on themselves to just get up and do it.
People (myself included) will wait years to try and avoid a 6-12 month wait.

I wish I had done it in 2014 when I first thought about it!

Agreed, The sooner you get in line to wait, the sooner you receive the stamp. I put it off for years, but am happy I finally made myself do it. I got lucky and received both stamps in six months.

 

[Fredkrueger100]

Agreed, The sooner you get in line to wait, the sooner you receive the stamp. I put it off for years, but am happy I finally made myself do it. I got lucky and received both stamps in six months.

I made a form 1 can and it’s great. But if this new form 4 e file makes the wait time significantly less I may get one. I also like how we can send the prints electronically.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I have 3 ready to go in a couple weeks.

 

[CutBaitNBlowSh*tUp4ALivin]

Upcoming ATF eForms Technology Upgrade
DECEMBER 17-21

US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

This is an advance notice to current eForms users about the upcoming launch of a new version of ATF eForms.

The goal of this “modernized eForms” is to provide ATF with an infusion of technology to provide better services to our industry members and the public. This much needed modernization will reduce the effort and time required to review and process ATF applications by incorporating online validations and other enhancements.

No action is needed at this time. However, there are some required steps you'll need to complete after the upgrade is finished (details below).


Outage period
In order to facilitate this upgrade, eForms will be offline during the following time frame:

Upgrade Start: Friday, December 17 at 9 p.m.

Tentative Finish: Tuesday, December 21 at 6 a.m.

You can continue to use the existing eForms until the upgrade starts at 9 p.m. next Friday. During the upgrade time frame, however, eForms will be unavailable.


What you need to know
The web address of eForms is not changing. If you have bookmarked eForms in your browser, it will automatically access the new eForms.

Your eForms User ID is not changing. All your previous submissions will transfer to the new system.


Required steps after upgrade
We're updating the eForms login process to provide enhanced security and establish a trusted relationship between the user and ATF. Here's what you'll need to do after Dec. 21:

After the upgrade, you'll need to manually reset your password before you can log in for the first time.
Once you log in with your new password, the system will ask you to update your user profile information and create a security PIN.
Please review our step-by-step guide with screenshots, but do not complete these steps until the upgrade is complete on Dec. 21:

Existing Users - First Time Login Steps (docx, 1.75 MB)

New Users - First Time Login Steps (docx, 1.33 MB)


What to expect
Once the upgrade is finished, you may notice a few changes in the eForms interface. Here's what to expect:

ATF eForm 4 is coming back. After the upgrade, you will be able to submit the ATF Form 4 electronically through eForms.
Electronic submission of ATF Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 9, 10 and 5300.11 with the required electronic documents.
Electronic submission of fingerprint cards for ATF Form 4. You will be able to attach your “digital fingerprint cards” to your submission.
Support for larger file attachments. The updated eForms will accept electronic documents up to 30 MB in size.
Enhanced validations to ensure that the upfront validations of your data occur prior to submission.
User PIN for validating the submission of all forms as part of the submission process.
Self-service support for forgotten passwords and PINs.
Rules of behavior that must be accepted to proceed with the use of eForms.
“Ask the Expert” to send your questions to our subject matter experts.
Use of smarter technology to improve customer service and build a foundation for future enhancements such as an Application Programming Interface (API) and Captcha.

Contact us
In our efforts to provide you continuous support through this transition, we have created five temporary email mailboxes to help us assist you:

Registration issues: [email protected]
AFMER questions: [email protected]
NFA questions: [email protected]
NSOT questions: [email protected]
Imports questions: [email protected]
It is our goal to have ATF personnel monitor these mailboxes to assist you with a response within 3 business days.



Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
99 New York Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20226
www.atf.gov

This email was sent to [email protected] using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives · 99 New York Ave NE · Washington, DC 20226 · 800-439-1420

 

[dennishoddy]

I don't see the need for this BS. Every other country has them on the shelf at 1/3 the cost of them in the US made by the same companies without government requirements to purchase.

 

[CutBaitNBlowSh*tUp4ALivin]

This is a notice to current eForms users about a change in the outage period for the upgrade to ATF eForms.

The tentative finish date is now Thursday, December 23 at 6 a.m. ET.

No action is needed at this time. However, there are some required steps you'll need to complete after the upgrade is finished (details below).


Update: Outage period
In order to facilitate this upgrade, eForms is offline during the following time frame:

Upgrade Start: Friday, December 17 at 9 p.m.

Tentative Finish: Thursday, December 23 at 6 a.m.

If the outage window will impact business operations, paper submissions of forms will always still be an option during this period.