To legally buy and possess firearms and/or ammunition, Illinois residents must have a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, which is issued by the Illinois State Police to qualified applicants.

What do you need before you applying?

1. A recent ‘selfie’ photo. Something you would use for a Driver’s License.
2. Create a unique Username and Password (Write it down).
3. $10 Application fee. You can either pay online or mail by check.
4. OPTIONAL $25 Application Assistance Fee to walk you step-by-step through the FOID application and help answer your questions.

STEP-1 – SIGN UP FOR YOUR FOID CARD HERE
Visit https://www.ispfsb.com/Public/FOID.aspx

STEP-2 – Do you need help with the application process? Call to schedule a one-on-one private application assistance for just $25.

STEP-3 – AM I ELIGIBLE? Can you answer the questions below?

• I have not been convicted of any Felony under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction.
• I have not been adjudicated as a mental defective.
•  I have not been a patient in a mental institution or any part of a medical facility for the treatment of mental illness within the past 5 years.
• I am not intellectually disabled or developmentally disabled.
• I have not within the past year (preceding the date of this application) used or been addicted to any controlled substance or narcotics in violation of state or federal law.
• I am not subject of an existing Order of Protection or a No Contact/No Stalking Order.
• I have not within the past 5 years been convicted of battery, assault, aggravated assault, violation of an order of protection, or a substantially similar offense in which a firearm was used or possessed.
• I have not been convicted of domestic battery (felony or misdemeanor), aggravated domestic battery or a substantially similar offense.
• I have not been adjudicated by a court as a mental defective or ordered by a court, board or authorized entity to in-patient or out-patient mental health treatment.
• I am not an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States.
•  I have not within the past year failed a drug test for a drug for which I did not have a prescription.
• I have not been admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
• I have never renounced my citizenship as a citizen of the United States.
• I have never been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.
• I am not a fugitive from justice.