Illinois FOID card application: Here's what's behind delays. By Samantha Chatman. Tuesday, August 18, 2020. If you applied for a Firearm Owner's Identification card, or FOID card, you might be ...

Illinois saw a tremendous spike in applications for the FOID card over the last year, ... Illinois residents must have a [FOID card], ... They received my application and money on Dec. 10. 2019. ...

Illinois State Police, which manages FOID card applications, says the average number of FOID applications per month in fiscal year 2019 was 21,831.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – Some firearm owners in Illinois may soon need to update their Firearm Ownership Identification. A new bill filed by Representative Terra Costa Howard (D-… ...

A measure Illinois lawmakers sent to Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders.

Nearly 880,000 FOID card applications were approved between 2008 and 2010, the report found, representing 97 percent of those who applied. The FOID card requirement long has been controversial.

On January 1, 2023, Illinois State Police (ISP) will automatically renew a person's Firearm Owner's Identification card (FOID) for individuals who have submitted a full set of fingerprints to ISP ...

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However, the individual cannot apply for a FOID card until after the charges are dismissed." House Bill 3496 would allow eligible first time offenders to apply for a FOID card much earlier.

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen Burke announced support for a bill to let first-time, nonviolent gun offenders apply for ...