Denied on 4473 as “Illegal Alien” even though I’m a Green Card holder – anyone dealt with this?
Posted by WerewolfFeisty9256@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 5 comments
Hey guys, I’m dealing with a really frustrating situation and wanted to see if anyone here has gone through something similar.
I’m a lawful permanent resident (green card holder), but I recently got denied on a 4473. The reason given was a NICS hit out of Virginia labeling me as an “Illegal Alien” (which is obviously wrong).
What’s weird, I was APPROVED on a previous 4473 just a few weeks before Then suddenly denied on the next one
Utah is a POC state, so BCI is involved and they’re saying this immigration flag needs to be cleared. I checked with other agencies and haven’t got anything flagged as they mentioned so far and been waiting on my Upin since april 20th (fingerprint submitted through evaf in usps) i think VAF is my only chance at this point…what could be an average processing time for this type of vaf? Any insight would seriously help. This whole thing makes no sense since I’m legally here and already have my green card.
TheBullpupGuy@reddit
You need to appeal or give them time.
I did a gun sale for a non resident who met other legal requirements. He got denied within a day or two. Was going to call in to find out why and help the guy, but they approved him and gave me a call the day before I was going to call.
Fromthe802@reddit
Try this:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/nics/appeals/nics-guide-for-appealing
applejacks16@reddit
All I can think (which I think you said you already cleared) is that your green card is (or more likely USICS erroneously) expired.
NICS (which POC states still use) is a set of databases and automatic. Was it an instant denial, or a delay that was adjudicated as a denial?
You can get a NICS overturn letter, but that only works for one transaction.
Also- have you looked into getting your state’s carry permit? It will hit NICS again, but if you can get that cleared it waives the background check on 4473s while valid.
WerewolfFeisty9256@reddit (OP)
My greencard is vaild another 8 years… confirmed with ice last week that nothing has been flagged. The first approval was within 24 hours and this current denial was delayed for a week. What is nics overturn letter? My ntn appears as not denied so I can not appeal through nics either…
truckensafely@reddit
I don’t have any advice on this matter but I can say that getting my citizenship was worth it. So I have a passport card in my wallet at all times plus my CCW.