I'm having some problems buying a handgun, specifically the NICS check that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms runs.

It's hard to get concrete information from them (as I have to go through my local gun dealer), but it seems that when the BATF asks USCIS to verify that I'm a law-abiding permanent resident, the USCIS is telling the BATF that I have left the country! My dealer, who is no visa expert, told me that he got the impression from BATF that it was because I filed for AP before I received my AOS was complete.

I did apply for (and was granted) AP, but I never used it -- I haven't left the country since I got here, not even to go to Canada or Mexico. So, I'm not sure how or why the USCIS thinks that I've left the country. Getting a hold of someone at the BATF directly is incredibly difficult, so has anyone been in this boat before? Care to share any info?

Thanks!


Chris

So, the FBI is telling me that USCIS is telling them that I left the country at some stage of this year, and returned on 10/19/06. Trouble is, I never went anywhere?

I've made an InfoPass to go to the local DHS office to see if they can clear it up for me...