Ok, so I got my FID and Pistol permit a few weeks ago. Subsequently went out the very same day and purchased my very first handgun, which I sadly and blasphemously, have yet to fire at the range. Lonely unfired gun aside, I took a look at my FID a little closer as I was going to laminate it and noticed that the boneheads mispelled my first name... Weeks of calling and having them look up my name (spelling it for them each time, obviously correctly) and they don't get it right. 

 

So...do I really need to go get that fixed? Is it going to be the same disaster all over again with waiting weeks for it to come in and all the while being without a valid license even though I technically have one? 

 

Anyone have this issue? Anyone know if it simply means them reprinting it and handing it back? I don't want to go to the range and be denied or have some other kind of issue. 

 

 

Thanks for the help.

 

KCCO

 

 

Best thing you could do is go to motor vehicle and have them "fix" your driver's license with your "correct" first name as shown on your new FID card

 

 

On a more serious side, I would go back there and ask them to fix it - its their error.  DON'T hand over the one you have though!!!!!

Ok, so I got my FID and Pistol permit a few weeks ago. Subsequently went out the very same day and purchased my very first handgun, which I sadly and blasphemously, have yet to fire at the range. Lonely unfired gun aside, I took a look at my FID a little closer as I was going to laminate it and noticed that the boneheads mispelled my first name... Weeks of calling and having them look up my name (spelling it for them each time, obviously correctly) and they don't get it right. 

 

So...do I really need to go get that fixed? Is it going to be the same disaster all over again with waiting weeks for it to come in and all the while being without a valid license even though I technically have one? 

 

Anyone have this issue? Anyone know if it simply means them reprinting it and handing it back? I don't want to go to the range and be denied or have some other kind of issue. 

 

 

Thanks for the help.

 

KCCO

 

I had a similar experience with a minor error on a change of address.

 

Detective Burns of the Lawrenceville PD got it fixed in one day - the chief of police was available. 

 

It should be easy to get this fixed assuming the chief who signs them is around.  On the other hand, if your FID was issued by the NJSP YMMV.

 

dutchman

Depends on your PD. I can tell you that mine would simply retype the card with the correct info and issue it. Take a couple minutes.  No need to wait for the chief - they have a rubber stamp for that.

 

If it's going to take a long time to fix (no reason for that), I sure wouldn't give up the one with the incorrect spelling in the meantime.

 

Good Luck.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

Keep the one you have and apply for a dupe with the correct spelling.

Keep the one you have and apply for a dupe with the correct spelling.

Technically a duplicate would have the incorrect spelling.

Technically a duplicate would have the incorrect spelling.

They actually call a change of address or change of name a duplicate, as opposed form the originally issued card.

Ah see, to me duplicate would mean an exact copy. NJ once again trumps logic.

Best thing you could do is go to motor vehicle and have them "fix" your driver's license with your "correct" first name as shown on your new FID card

 

PRNJ State Motto:

Our firearms process is so screwed, it makes the DMV look efficient.

PRNJ State Motto:

Our firearms process is so screwed, it makes the DMV look efficient.

How sad is that.....

Some things never change.

 

My first one in 1991 had my name spelled wrong and I just ignored it.

My first one in 1987 took only 2 weeks

Replacement card took few hours to get typed up and apologized for inconvenience...