NFA Form 4 screwup

[BillinBama]

I'm helping a customer transfer his MP5 back to me( I sold it to him in 2017) so I can then Form 3 it to a buyer for him.  The form was returned to him last week with a cover letter telling him the form used was obsolete and to re-file using the newer Form 4.  Well, I think there is a newer one than Oct. 2023  ( top right saying 10/31/26) but you can't pull it up on the ATF website.  I finally got someone at NFA branch to show interest, and Eric has been emailing with me, told me he could find no record of it, last thing on that S/N gun was in 2017 when I transferred it to my customer.  So, I've sent him copies of what they sent back, now awaiting his reply.  I'm not surprised, but I am really put out over this foul-up.  Hopefully it will be rectified and the transfer will be approved shortly.   This is, of course, a paper filing since individuals cannot (yet) e-file a Form 4.  

[inertord]

This one downloads for me 

 

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/form/form-4-application-tax-paid-transfer-and-registration-firearm-atf-form-53204

[BillinBama]

13 hours ago, inertord said:

This one downloads for me 

 

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/form/form-4-application-tax-paid-transfer-and-registration-firearm-atf-form-53204

It does for me too, its the same one I sent off originally.  That's what is so maddening about this whole thing, I used the latest form they have available,yet they rejected it.  I received my order for new forms yesterday, only they sent me 100 copies instead of the 25 I ordered.  It is the EXACT SAME FORM  that I originally submitted in September.  I have heard nothing since sending copies last Friday, so I sent in another email inquiry today, including copies again. 

[BillinBama]

I finally got a reply about the rejection of my Form 4, turns out the bank in Portland, OR did the rejection.  They were wrong in doing so, it is the correct form, and everything is correct on it, but I'm now having to re-submit as they won't accept it since it was declared incorrect.  Not even a government toadie, but a bank employee that decided to exert some authority where it wasn't warranted.  I know I can wait until Jan. 1 and e-file, but I'm hoping this one sails through quickly as some do since it' s an individual to a SOT transfer.