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Rabbit wrote:AndyC


You should be able to purchase a firearm if you have been in the US for over 90days straight.

You need to purchase a hunting licence and then take that with your :

passport
I-94 card
state drivers licence
Alien Number
3 months worth of untility bills

As if you have all this you meet the exemption for a non immergrat alien.
Dude, you'll also need to submit a completed TPS report with each of those documents... ;-)

















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NICS gave me this information and said that if my 90days was current it would be apporoved as i meet the exceptions



R1) May nonimmigrant aliens legally in the United States purchase or possess firearms and ammunition while in the United States?

Nonimmigrant aliens generally are prohibited from possessing or receiving (purchasing) firearms and ammunition in the United States.

There are exceptions to this general prohibition. The exceptions are as follows:

1. nonimmigrant aliens who possess a valid (unexpired) hunting license or permit lawfully issued by a State in the United States;

2. nonimmigrant aliens entering the United States to participate in a competitive target shooting event or to display firearms at a sports or hunting trade show sponsored by a national, State, or local firearms trade organization devoted to the collection, competitive use or other sporting use of firearms;

3. certain diplomats, if the firearms are for official duties;

4. officials of foreign governments, if the firearms are for official duties, or distinguished foreign visitors so designated by the U.S. State Department;

5. foreign law enforcement officers of friendly foreign governments entering the United States on official law enforcement business; and

6. persons who have received a waiver from the prohibition from the U.S. Attorney General.

Significantly, even if a nonimmigrant alien falls within one of these exceptions, the nonimmigrant alien CANNOT purchase a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee (FFL) unless he or she (1) has an alien number or admission number from the Department of Homeland Security (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service) AND (2) can provide the FFL with documentation showing that he or she has resided in a State within the United States for 90 consecutive days immediately prior to the firearms transaction.

[18 U.S.C. 922(g)(5)(b) and 922(y), 27 CFR 478.124, ATF Rul. 2004-1]

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No harm in trying let me know how you got on
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dws1117 wrote:
Kalrog wrote:
dws1117 wrote:Sorry, I don't know much about Brit beers.
That's why you offer the local beer to go with the 1911. Or maybe even more fitting - a Sam Adams. (Decent - not my favorite, but it fits with the theme)
Well local beer would be Shiner. Sam Adam id made by them that New England Yankees.
Don't forget Lone Star--didn't say good beer
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Andy Congrats mate.

Glad you got it and the advice worked for you.....

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well if work dont send me away before the end of sept I will be good
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Congrats! now you have to go back and get that 1911. She'll understand. :twisted:

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Even the green one Andy lol

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When he took your passport he would have had to take a copy of that and also added the I-94 number on the form and then NICS would have asked for that.

When they run that it will tell then you last entry date. This is where I am having problems.

I take it from your post that it was approved while you where in the store?

Mine is always delayed and then they call me after a couple of hours and say that NICS cancelled the aplication.
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