Looking for a Atf Form 6nia Templates? Download it for free!

21. If you are attending a shooting event or trade show and are not sure if it

Privacy Act Information

qualifies for the exception, please contact ATF’s Firearms and Explosives

Imports Branch prior to submitting your application. ATF can tell you

The following information is provided pursuant to Section 3 of the Privacy Act of

whether the event qualifies. If it does not qualify, you may instead support

1974 (5 U.S.C. section 552(a)(e)(3)).

your application with a hunting license or permit from a State within the

United States.

Authority. Disclosure of the information requested on ATF F 6NIA

(5330.3D) is mandatory pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(5)(B) and

22. Question 11 requires the applicant to provide any known admission

925 for a nonimmigrant alien to obtain a permit to temporarily import

number or alien number he or she has received from the U.S.

firearm(s) and ammunition.

Citizenship and Immigration Services. Not every nonimmigrant alien

will have an admission number or alien number. In particular,

Purpose. To determine if a nonimmigrant alien can lawfully obtain a permit

Canadians often will not have one of these numbers. If you do not have

to temporarily import firearm(s) and ammunition, and if the firearm(s) and

one of these numbers or cannot recall a past number, answer question

ammunition qualify for temporary importation.

11 “N/A.” For your information, an admission number is the number on

an USCIS Form I-94 or USCIS Form I-94W, the arrival/departure form

Routine Uses. The information will be used by ATF to make determinations

U.S. Customs and Border Protection completes at a port of entry. An

set forth in “purpose” section above. In addition, information may be

alien number is an U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services file

disclosed to other Federal, State, foreign and local law enforcement and

number certain nonimmigrant aliens are given, such as nonimmigrant

regulatory agencies personnel to verify information on the application, to

aliens with employment authorization documents.

conduct a background check on the applicant, and to aid other law

enforcement and regulatory agencies in the performance of their duties with

23. Only nonimmigrant aliens seeking to temporarily import firearms from

respect to the enforcement and regulation of firearms and/or ammunition

Canada should answer question 12. This question requires all

where such disclosure is not prohibited by law. The information may further

nonimmigrant aliens seeking to import firearms from Canada to

be disclosed to the U.S. Justice Department if it appears that the furnishing of

provide their Firearms Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) Number.

false information may constitute a violation of Federal law. Finally, the

information may be disclosed to members of the public in order to verify the

24. You may list all the firearms and ammunition you seek to temporarily

information on the application when such disclosure is not prohibited by law.

import on one application. If necessary, attach additional pages to

provide the information requested in question 15. Write your full name

4. Effects of Not Supplying Information. Failure to supply complete

in the upper right hand corner of any additional pages.

information will delay processing and may cause denial of the application.

Approval

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

25. If your application is approved, ATF will send you an approved ATF F

This request is in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The

6NIA (5330.3D) import permit. Please note, the approved permit will

purposes of this information collection are: (1) to allow ATF to determine if

state that the firearm(s) and ammunition authorized for importation

the firearm(s) or ammunition described on the application qualify for temporary

must be taken back out of the United States when you leave the

importation; (2) to certify that a nonimmigrant alien is in compliance with 18 U.S.C.

country, excluding any ammunition that is used while in the United

§ 922(g)(5)(B); and (3) to serve as the authorization for importation.

States. It also will state that you may not transfer the firearm(s) or

ammunition to another person while in the United States. ATF also will

The estimated average burden associated with this collection of information is 30

notify you if your application is denied (or partially denied) and the

minutes per respondent or recordkeeper, depending on individual circumstances.

reason(s) for denial. In some cases ATF will inform you that it needs

Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for

additional information to process your application.

reducing this burden should be addressed to Reports Management Officer, Document

Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Washington, DC

26. An approved ATF F 6NIA (5330.3D) import permit is valid for one year

20226.

from the date of approval (the date listed in item 20). During that year an

alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa can use the

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a

permit repeatedly to import the firearm(s) and ammunition listed on the

collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

permit, as long as you meet one of the exceptions outlined in item 18

(18 U.S.C. 922 9(y)).

27. When you are ready to enter the United States with your firearm(s) or

ammunition, you must present your approved ATF F 6NIA (5330.3D) to the

U.S. Customs and Border Protection. If applicable, you also must

present U.S. Customs and Border Protection with documentation

demonstrating that you fall within an exception to the nonimmigrant

alien prohibition (i.e., State hunting license/permit; invitation and/or

registration).

ATF Form 6NIA (5330.3D)

Previous Editions Obsolete

Revised (

)

Aft Form 6nia Draft - Application/permit Temporary Importation Of Firearms And Ammunition By Nonimmigrant Aliens Page 4

Related Articles

Related forms

Related Categories