Hey every body. So my birthday is coming up this monday. I have finally collected the money needed to purchase my baby, a mossberg 500 persuader. I am so excited! The only problem is I do not have my FID card yet. I currently live in Philadelphia (for school - in my last year), and need to submit the application to a state police station in south jersey.

 

 

I have two questions. My first question was regarding the actual FID card its self. I see on the application there is a $5 fee for the card - now I came across somewhere else that there is a $60 charge for the fingerprinting. Is this correct? I just would like to know so I can figure how much money I need/will have after applying for the FID.

 

My second question was also regarding the FID. If I would like a permit to purchase a handgun as well, would that slow the process up? For example, would it be faster to just apply for FID and come back later and re apply for the handgun permit?

 

For application/finger printing/anything else I am estimating to spend in the ballpark of $80-$100. Am I correct to assume so?

 

 

Thanks for all your help to the noob gun owner!

yes the 60.00 is payable to the Morthotrak company that does the prints..you can pay online when you schedule a appt. or bring a money order. The 5.00 is payable to the PD where you apply for the FID. Yes I submitted my pistol permits application at the same time and those are 2.00 a piece payable to the PD also, I would suggest submit all together if you do seperate you will wait longer IMO.

The fingerprinting is going to be a money order of 60.25 to Sagem MorphoTrak. They have locations on their website. The FID is fiver dollars and its to be given to the Det. Sgt. at time of pick up. So in all you are looking at spending 65.25 plus gas to get to the fingerprinting site.

 

For a Pistol Permit you can get them at the same time as your FID it doesn't slow the process. But you have to be 21 to get a Pistol Permit which I assume you are since you are in College. I suggest you leave your firearms at your parents house if you live on campus. Its a long process so I suggest you start the process now.

Welcome!

 

The fingerprinting is $60.25, the FID is $5 and each pistol permit is $2. If you want a pistol permit, apply for it at the same time. It saves a bunch of time. Not sure what town you're from, but some of them can take months (even if they're not allowed to) to give you your FID/P2P (permit to purchase handguns). At a minimum, i would apply for 3, as they expire in 3 months and you can only buy 1 pistol per month. If you want, go for 6, and have 3 extended after the expiration date. The most critical part is making sure that your references return the letters to the PD immediately, that way they can't claim that the background check is being held up for lack of references.

First thing I have to ask as the others got the dollars and cents down for you, are you sure you are submitting to Troop A, which are the South Jersey Troopers, or should you be submitting to a local police department? I know plenty of South Jersey communities have no local police department, but if the one where you call home does, you cannot bypass them. If you are submitting to Troop A, also be conscious that you cannot do this at all Stations! Good luck!

Whiteboinoob,

 

You mention a birthday but you don't mention which one. If you are not 21, don't bother applying for a pistol permit, you're not old enough.

Hey every body. So my birthday is coming up this monday. I have finally collected the money needed to purchase my baby, a mossberg 500 persuader. I am so excited! The only problem is I do not have my FID card yet. I currently live in Philadelphia (for school - in my last year), and need to submit the application to a state police station in south jersey.

You may purchase a long gun in PA right now as you are considered a PA resident. You must have a government issued ID with your PA address on it. Since you could've purchased for a few years now already and you haven't, it won't hurt you to wait and apply for a NJ FPID, assuming that you'll be living in NJ when you graduate.

I have two questions. My first question was regarding the actual FID card its self. I see on the application there is a $5 fee for the card - now I came across somewhere else that there is a $60 charge for the fingerprinting. Is this correct? I just would like to know so I can figure how much money I need/will have after applying for the FID.

 

As others have stated, you need $60.25 for prints, $5.00 for the FPID and $2.00 for each P2P.

 

My second question was also regarding the FID. If I would like a permit to purchase a handgun as well, would that slow the process up? For example, would it be faster to just apply for FID and come back later and re apply for the handgun permit?

 

Apply for both at the same time.

For application/finger printing/anything else I am estimating to spend in the ballpark of $80-$100. Am I correct to assume so?

 

See the above costs.

 

Thanks for all your help to the noob gun owner!

Thanks for all the great replies guys. They were all extremely helpful.

 

I am turning 22 on Monday, so I will be applying for a handgun permit as well. Just one question (which will probably be answered when I call the station) - I need to get finger prints before showing up at the station to drop off my application? I will probably be going tuesday or wednesday of the week coming up.

Thanks for all the great replies guys. They were all extremely helpful.

 

I am turning 22 on Monday, so I will be applying for a handgun permit as well. Just one question (which will probably be answered when I call the station) - I need to get finger prints before showing up at the station to drop off my application? I will probably be going tuesday or wednesday of the week coming up.

You need to get printed after. they will give you a form that you will need fro fingerprinting. I suggest that you use the website they give you to set up your appointment. If you do it is literally a 5 minute (- driving there) deal to get your prints done.

Ken