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New Jersey Non-Resident – FID

Quick GlanceThe New Jersey Firearms ID card (FID) for people who live outside New Jersey: needed to buy long guns or ammunition in NJ, not to apply for the carry permit.

Last checked 11/08/2026 · 7 sections

The New Jersey Firearms Purchaser Identification Card (FID) for people who live outside New Jersey. You do not need it to apply for the NJ Permit to Carry, but you do need it to buy long guns or handgun ammunition in New Jersey.

At a GlanceWho needs it Out-of-state residents who want to buy long guns, or handgun ammunition, at NJ licensed dealersCarry permit Not needed first. Out-of-state applicants for the carry permit apply on the carry website, not FARSHandguns No. NJSP: you cannot buy a handgun in New Jersey as an out-of-state resident (no Permit to Purchase)FID fee $50, paid online when you submitFingerprints First FID only, at IdentoGO, paid there. Extra fee if printed outside NJValid Until the tenth calendar year after it is issuedApply Online in FARS. Answer "No" to the resident question; FARS assigns one of 18 NJSP stations
Dual Residents

Dual residents: this guide is not for you. If you have a home in New Jersey and another state, you apply as a resident, to the police department that covers your NJ home. Use the Resident FID + Permit to Purchase guide. NJSP's out-of-state instructions are only for out-of-state residents who are not dual residents: they answer "No" to "Are you a New Jersey resident or a dual resident".

From Personal Experience · Not an NJSP Rule

Field experience: most New Jersey gun stores will not sell ammunition to a non-resident without an FID card, even though NJSP allows it. If you plan to buy firearms or ammunition in New Jersey, get the FID.

Step 1: Check If You Qualify

Step 2: Before You Apply

2.1 What You Need

  • Social Security number, driver's license or state ID number, and employment information.

  • Every address you lived at in the last 10 years (month/year, city/state).

  • Your best phone number and email.

  • Alien Registration Number, if it applies.

  • Your references' first name, middle initial, last name, address, phone and email.

  • A photo that meets the rules below.

  • Your SBI number, if you were fingerprinted for a NJ firearms application before.

List from the NJSP out-of-state FARS instructions.

Photo Rules (NJSP)

  • A recent, clear color photo of your face, taken within the last 6 months

  • Civilian clothes, light background, no hat or glasses

  • Cropped to a square headshot. A "selfie" is fine if no one else is in it

  • Do not use the photo from your driver's license or passport

  • A photo that does not meet the rules can get the application cancelled, with no refund

2.2 Mental Health Records Forms

If you lived outside New Jersey in the last 10 years (as an out-of-state resident, you did), your NJSP station will ask for form SP-066. Part one only. The "investigating police department" is the NJSP station processing your application. Anyone can sign as witness; no notary.

Live or lived in New York State or the City of Philadelphia in the last 10 years? You may also be asked for their own forms.

SP-066 (PDF)New York form (PDF)Philadelphia form (PDF)

2.3 Lost Your SBI Number?

Email [email protected] with the subject "SBI number request, out of state FARS". Include your driver's license or state ID number and its state, your name as it is on the ID, and your cell phone number.

Step 3: Apply on FARS

Read the steps first. Mistakes on the review page are final.

Open the FARS Application

3.1 The Resident Question

Answer "No" to "Are you a New Jersey resident or a dual resident". You will not enter an ORI: the application is assigned to one of 18 NJSP stations, shown on your confirmation page and email.

3.2 Choose What You Are Applying For

3.3 The Training Slideshow

The Firearms Safety & Awareness PowerPoint is built into the application. NJSP suggests reviewing it before you apply.

3.4 "Have You Been Fingerprinted for Firearms in New Jersey Before?"

This means fingerprinted anywhere for a New Jersey firearms application. Yes: enter your SBI number. No: you get fingerprinting instructions after you submit.

3.5 References

Each reference gets an email questionnaire and may be contacted. No answer in time, no processing. Wrong information after you submitted: contact the NJSP station processing your application.

3.6 Review and Pay

All fees are paid online by debit or credit card when you apply. On the review page, a misspelled name, wrong date of birth or wrong SSN gets the application cancelled and cannot be edited. Print or save the review and confirmation pages.

Step 4: Fingerprints (First FID Only)

Schedule With IdentoGO

IdentoGO service code 2F164B, the same code the resident guide uses.

Step 5: After You Apply

NJSP Station Emails

Tips

From Personal Experience · Not an NJSP Rule

Field experience: most New Jersey gun stores will not sell ammunition to a non-resident without an FID card, even though NJSP allows it. If you plan to buy firearms or ammunition in New Jersey, get the FID.

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