Joint Registration

[Dirtlaw]

The following are some personal thoughts and observations tendered in the hope that they are of benefit to someone.

It would be great if the registration topic could be broken down into some major topics, say, joint registration, for example. However that would be a lot of work and it's late in the game so probably not realistic.

We were of the mistaken assumption that the joint registration would auto populate all the weapon information. It does not.

When completing the joint application for the second person, using the gun store where the weapon was purchased is a mistake and the system will so notify you with an error message. Family member is the correct answer (at least under our circumstances).

The date the joint holder acquired the weapon might present an issue if it results in the joint holder acquiring the weapon when transfer was not permitted.

This is serious business -- treat it that way. Complete the application when you are fresh and alert. It is helpful to have the co-registrants application information as a reference.

Consider taking a screenshot of each and every completed page. Also take a screenshot of any messages.

Don't forget the upload button when uploading pictures. If you open the picture and forget to hit the upload button you will just sit there.
At least in the browser we used, activity messages were displayed in the following order: sending request, waiting for CFARS, and transmitting data.
On occasion we were stuck with the last image in sending request or waiting for CFARS mode for a lengthy period. If that condition exists for more than 5 minutes we found it best to quit the application and start over at a different time.

Wait a bit after each entry to see if CFARS will present a sub-screen.

Recognizing that there are different views, in our case there were some advantages to separate registrations for each weapon. One is that the process can be a bit exhausting so breaking it down is helpful. Also it would be awful to have entered a ton of information only to lose it towards the end of the process (if for example the system freezes, as ours did on several occasions).

Disclaimer: I am an old guy, I make mistakes and am not perfect. Many of you know much more about this than I do. However, it has been said that all of us together are smarter than any one of us alone and that is a point I believe to be well taken.

[beanz2]

Good points, Dirtlaw.

As the primary registrant, I make a point to print my CRIS registration form as a PDF, so it can be viewed as a second window as a joint registrant is filling out his/her application. That way the info matches exactly.

My situation is not exactly like yours as my daughter was already >18 by the time I bought the guns I was registering, but what happened to your children's/grandchildren's application if the Date Acquired was before they turned 18?

[Munny$hot]

It may help to open 2 screens. Log into 1 and veiw the transaction history, then gave the joint registrant log into their account and copy and paste as required. A couple of things to look out for is it only allows for 1 account to be active at a time so once done you have to relog into the primary to view additional history and relog back in for the coregistrant you have to readd your pending cart items to your active cart or you'll have multiple separate items that CAN NOT BE MERGERED if created separately.

[Munny$hot]

Assuming you were married throughout (and it was pre-2017), the date of transfer should be the same as the date of transfer in the original applicant's form, no?

Date as well as all the other info must be exactly the same as the primary/first to register.