VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL SERVICES, Improving and promoting public safety in the Commonwealth ATTENTION
Due to online application system isue experienced throught February 2024, active credentials with an expiration date of February 29, 2024, will remain active until March 31, 2024.
We are NOT able to accept applications or payments by phone, mail, or in person.
For our regulated populations, please check your email for more details.

Eligibility Determination

The information below must be completed to verify whether you are prohibited by Federal or State law to possess or carry a firearm. Please complete this section in its entirety. If you answer yes to any question, you may enter a brief explanation in the comments field below or upload supporting documentation. If you have a conviction and your firearms eligibility has been restored, please provide supporting documentation. For additional information pertaining to firearms eligibility please review Virginia Code §18.2-309 et seq. and 18 U.S.C. § 922 of the Federal Gun Control Act.

Please answer each question.


1. Have you ever been convicted of an offense as a juvenile that would prohibit you from possessing or carrying a firearm? *
2. Since issuance of your last license, have you been adjudicated mentally defective (which includes a determination by a court, board, commission, or other lawful authority that you are a danger to yourself or to others or are incompetent to manage your own affairs) OR have you ever been committed to a mental institution? *
3. Since issuance of your last license, have you been acquitted by reason of insanity, adjudicated legally incompetent, mentally incapacitated or adjudicated an incapacitated person by a court of Virginia or any other court? *
4. Since issuance of your last license, have you been involuntarily admitted to a facility or ordered to mandatory outpatient treatment by any court, board, commission, or other lawful authority? *
5. Are you an alien NOT lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States? *
6. Since issuance of your last license, have you been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States under "Dishonorable Conditions"? *
7. Are you a fugitive from justice? *

  

*Indicates required field.