The required documents, in full

Applies to you if: Everyone. This section applies to all FFRR applicants.

• State criminal records covering the last 25 years, or since the age of 18, whichever is shorter, showing arrests — or documentation showing a clear record — in each of the places you have lived.
• State criminal records showing any other arrest in that same period.

If a state-wide report is unavailable, you can provide law enforcement records from a specific locality.

Applies to you if: You lost your firearm rights under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) because of a state or federal felony conviction. If the conviction was under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, use the military conviction section instead.

• The charging document you were convicted on, such as an indictment or complaint.
• The judgment of conviction.
• An official document showing the date you completed the final requirement of your sentence — supervision, restitution, community service.

• Plea agreement.
• Factual basis for a plea.
• Presentence report, or another document prepared to aid in sentencing.

Presentence report: only if you cannot get a copy of your PSI from the district where you were sentenced, sign our Authorization for Release of Presentence Investigation Report so your attorney can request it from the U.S. Probation Office.

If one of these is not available from an official source, you must submit a sworn statement that sets out what the document said and describes the efforts you made to obtain it.

Applies to you if: You lost your firearm rights under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4) because of a mental health commitment or an adjudication as mental defective.

• The order of commitment or adjudication.
• Medical records stating the diagnosis that caused the commitment or adjudication.
• A current certification from a licensed mental health professional stating that you no longer suffer from the condition, or that it has been successfully treated or is stably managed such that you are unlikely to be a danger to yourself or others.

• Any petition that sought to have you committed or adjudicated.
• An order showing restoration of your mental competency and rights.

There is a separate rule here: if your state, territory, or a federal agency runs its own relief program for this disability and you did not apply — or applied and were denied — DOJ will deny relief absent extraordinary circumstances.

If one of these is not available from an official source, you must submit a sworn statement that sets out what the document said and describes the efforts you made to obtain it.

Applies to you if: You lost your firearm rights under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) because of a general court-martial felony conviction, or you were discharged under dishonorable conditions — including dismissal of a commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman.

• DD Form 214, DD Form 214-1, and/or DD Form 215.

• Charge sheet (DD Form 458).
• Judgment of the court.
• Certificate of completion of appellate review.

If one of these is not available from an official source, you must submit a sworn statement that sets out what the document said and describes the efforts you made to obtain it.

Applies to you if: You lost your firearm rights under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(7) because you renounced U.S. citizenship.

• Your formal renunciation of nationality, as described in 8 U.S.C. 1481(a)(5) and (6).
• An explanation of why you renounced your citizenship.

If one of these is not available from an official source, you must submit a sworn statement that sets out what the document said and describes the efforts you made to obtain it.

Applies to you if: You lost your firearm rights under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9) because of a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, or a comparable conviction under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

• The charging document you were convicted on, such as an indictment or complaint.
• The underlying investigative reports.
• A document showing the relationship of the victim to you.
• The judgment of conviction.
• An official document showing the date you completed the final requirement of your sentence.

• A document showing the conviction was rendered nugatory — that it has no effect currently — or that your civil rights were restored, even if you still have a federal firearm restriction.
• Any police report of your involvement in domestic violence since the date of your original arrest.

If one of these is not available from an official source, you must submit a sworn statement that sets out what the document said and describes the efforts you made to obtain it.

Applies to you if: You have ever applied for expungement, set aside, or restoration of rights — including firearm rights — at the state or local level.

• A copy of your application.

• Any decision on that application.

Applies to you if: You are a veteran who has served within the last 25 years, or since the age of 18, whichever is shorter. This applies whether or not your service is the reason for the prohibition.

• DD Form 214, DD Form 214-1, and/or DD Form 215.

If one of these is not available from an official source, you must submit a sworn statement that sets out what the document said and describes the efforts you made to obtain it.

Applies to you if: You lived in, or had any of the matters below occur in, a country outside the United States.

• Law enforcement records covering the last 25 years, or since the age of 18, whichever is shorter, showing arrests — or documentation showing a clear record — everywhere you lived outside the United States.

• Law enforcement records showing any other arrest outside the United States in that same period.
• Criminal records for the equivalent of a felony or misdemeanor domestic violence conviction in a court outside the United States.
• Medical records for the equivalent of a mental health commitment or adjudication outside the United States.
• Military records for the equivalent of a dishonorable discharge outside the United States.
• Records for the equivalent of an expungement, set aside, pardon, or restoration of rights outside the United States.

If one of these is not available from an official source, you must submit a sworn statement that sets out what the document said and describes the efforts you made to obtain it.