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In November 2022, 90,000 background applications were submitted.
In December 2022, 38,000 background applications were submitted.
What is the process of the background application?
When the application is received by OSP, it is placed in one of three buckets.
Let’s take a look at those buckets.
Bucket 1 is where all applications start and about 50% of the applications have no problems and are approved.
Bucket 2 are applications that have input errors and information that does not match up. Once flagged, these applications must have a staff member look at the issue, resolve and approve. This takes additional time. Examples of bucket 2 issues include-
- Words that have been inputted incorrectly.
- Address on applications is different than the one on driver’s license. Individuals move and
do not update their address with DMV, and this causes a problem with their application.
- If there is another person with the same name as the applicant and they have a criminal record, this will flag the application.
Bucket 3 are applications that are considered long-term research and will include those who have arrest records in other states and require that information to be sent to OSP for review from the state where arrest occurred. The issue here is waiting for the request to be filled by the other states.
How is BM114 impacting background check applications?
In November 2022, there were 90,000 background applications submitted.
After December 8, 2022, the average number of applications per day is 500.
A problem occurs when the federal form (4473) used in background checks expires. (30 days). Once this form expires another step is required to complete the application process.
OSP is running about 60 days behind on processing applications at this time.
Because of the uncertainty of BM114, an increase in applications can occur at any time, adding to the backlog.
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