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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 License Number and/or Firearms

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

Possession and Acquisition License Number. In addition, only

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

nonimmigrant aliens seeking to import firearms from Canada should

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

answer question 15h, listing the Firearms Registration Certificate

Number of each firearm they seek to temporarily import. If you do not

Effects of Not Supplying Information. Failure to supply complete

have a Firearms Registration Certificate Number for a particular

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

firearm, you should write “N/A”.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

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

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

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

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

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

in the upper right hand corner of any additional pages.

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

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

Approval

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

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

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

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

minutes per respondent or recordkeeper, depending on individual circumstances.

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

Comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and suggestions for

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

reducing this burden should be addressed to Reports Management Officer,

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

Document Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,

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

Washington, DC 20226.

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

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

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

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

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

additional information to process your application.

number.

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

from the date of approval (the date listed in item 19). During that year

you can use the permit repeatedly to import the firearm(s) and

ammunition listed on the permit, as long as one of the following

conditions is met at the time of importation: (1) you possess an

unexpired valid hunting license or permit issued by a State within the

United States, or (2) you possess a current invitation and/or registration

to attend a competitive target shooting event or sports or hunting trade

show sponsored by a national, State, or local organization devoted to the

collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms. The

invitation and/or registration must have been submitted with your

application to ATF and approved by ATF as a qualifying event.

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

and ammunition, you must present your approved ATF F 6NIA

(5330.3D) to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 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)

Revised August 2011

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