# Upin number **URL:** \ **Category:** NJ & Federal Gun Laws and Activism\ **Tags:** national-gun-law\ **Created:** [January 30, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/upin-number/1198 "2025-01-30T05:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Golfbattery](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/golfbattery/32/6898_2.png) [@Golfbattery](https://njgunforums.net/u/Golfbattery)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/upin-number/1198/1 "2025-01-30T05:05:44Z")
Upin. Unique personal identification number. I applied for one at shotshow. Via atf nics. I just got it. My nics on a normal time would take approximately 3 days. This is going back years. I got my original fpid in 1988 when i turned 18. So the upin is like tsa pre check Its a pre back ground check. Since my j6 episode we went to a week. The agents at nics /atf were very helpful. Ill let you know how it goes. Im gonna buy a lower at swat firearms in hammontown just to try it out. It was easy cause they had the electronic fingerprint machine there. And i followed up up on last Thursday to make shore everything was kosher. Got my upin number today. Lets see ---
**Author:** ![PK90](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/pk90/32/743_2.png) [@PK90](https://njgunforums.net/u/PK90)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/upin-number/1198/2 "2025-01-30T12:35:11Z")
Congrats. Tell Scott “hey”. I’ve run NICS on a few people that had their UPIN with results that varied from delayed a few hours to instead approval. Isn’t NJ NICS still days behind anyway? Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Golfbattery](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/golfbattery/32/6898_2.png) [@Golfbattery](https://njgunforums.net/u/Golfbattery)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/upin-number/1198/3 "2026-10-29T20:04:14Z")
Ill tell scott you said hello. Almost 1 year belated response. Oh well