Washington, DC – -(AmmoLand.com)- Good Afternoon,
Please remember, due to the Christmas holiday, the NCCC will be closed beginning at 7 p.m. ET on December 24, 2018, and will be back in operation at 8 a.m. ET on December 26, 2018.
For your convenience, all electronic background check submissions, including the NICS E-Check and XML traffic, will be available 24/7 to include Christmas Day.
In case you have not yet enrolled to use the NICS E-Check, please consider taking this important step to register. The NICS E-Check allows you to conduct firearm background checks over the Internet 24/7 and provides many benefits you do not receive from the NCCC.
Please understand that we try to handle all incoming transactions as efficiently as possible; however, it is not always possible to avoid hold times on the telephone. In addition, our current phone system processes incoming calls on a first in, first handled basis. There is no need for an FFL to contact the NCCC from a second phone line while on hold for the initial call as this will not expedite service.
Federal Firearms Licenses interested in registering for the NICS E-Check may register by completing the following steps:
- Visit the FBI NICS E-Check Web site at www.nicsezcheckfbi.gov
- Click on the link that states “Register to use the FBI NICS E-Check.”
- Agree to the Terms and Conditions
- Complete the Account Request form
- Click on the “Registration” block at the bottom of the page
- An Account Request Confirmation page appears
- Click “Show populated enrollment form” block at the bottom of page
- Print and sign the completed enrollment form
- Fax form to 1-888-550-6427 or e-mail to [email protected]
- A username will be e-mailed to the e-mail address you provided during registration
- Additional instructions will be provided in the e-mail on how to obtain your password
If you have questions regarding the NICS E-Check, please visit, https://forms.fbi.gov/assistance-with-nics-processing-issues .
In the unlikely event, the NICS would experience a system outage between 7 p.m. Christmas Eve through Christmas Day, the system will remain unavailable until 8 a.m. Wednesday, December 26, 2018.
Thanks,
The NICS Section’s Business Relations Team