US concealed carry.

Here is the booklet - it specifically talks about residents and non-residents. It describes a traditional definition of Resident, but does not apply any definition to "Non-Resident". That in itself is curious, as they don't clarify it as "non-resident alien", or anything like that.

A quick read, what do you think:
http://maine.gov/dps/msp/licenses/documents/Weapons/CFP Booklet.pdf

Edit: The form was changed in June 2013... hmm...
 
To my knowledge. .. There are no more States issuing permits to non resident aliens. .. Maine and nh have both stopped
 
Their literature is not clear on that - would be worth double-checking on seeing as this was last touched on years ago...

This is just what I heard. .. But the app doesn't seem to say that. My Maine permit expired last March and I didn't notice till now. .. gonna try to renew, we will see
 
It's been a while since I read the doc and app (as I say 2 years), and back then, I definitely read it as a no-go... This one's different. If I wasn't so lazy, I'd go looking for an older version, or figure out what paras have been deleted.
 
Maine will no longer renew. The door is closed unless you are a US legal resident or citizen. If you mail it in they'll mail you a rejection letter along with the money order in probably 3-4 months. They stopped issuing new permits around the end of 2009 and stopped grandfathered renewals sometime around 2012.
 
Sadly I must tell you all that Maine will no longer issue to Non-Resident Aliens living outside The U.S.. Had a long conversation with Sgt. in charge regarding an audit that was done by the State Attorney General. They deemed that the law does not allow for the above. So unless you have a green card, or can prove residence in another state, you will not get renewed. Had mine for almost 20 years and renewal was rejected.

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This is just from my own recent reading on the topic, I'm no expert and as this is a serious legal issue please assume I'm totally wrong and start from there.

There have been 2 recent changes in New Hampshire, one is a change to the ccw law and the other a court ruling that applies directly to non-resident licenses.

New Hampshire seems to be going towards no license at all for ccw
h ttp://nhpr.org/post/nh-senate-passes-concealed-carry-gun-bill

"New Hampshire would join the ranks of Vermont and Maine for permitless concealed carry. This would mean vacationers, tourists, hunters, and residents could travel over half of the geographic area of New England before needing a concealed carry permit."
h ttp://concealednation.org/2017/01/new-hampshire-permitless-concealed-carry-passes-senate-and-goes-on-to-the-house/

That is for born US citizens I'm sure, a Canadian would still need to apply for the non resident permit but even that's been made easier with the recent Court decison,
***UPDATE 10/25/16*** Please be advised that due to the New Hampshire Supreme Court opinion Bach v. New Hampshire Department of Safety, ___ N.H. ___ (No. 2014-0721, decided June 2, 2016), Out-of-State Residents applying for a Non-Resident Pistol/Revolver License are NOT required to supply the Resident State License Number on Form DSSP 260 and are NOT required to supply either a copy of a valid concealed carry license issued by the state, county, or town in which they reside OR a letter from their local police department, as described in Saf-C 2102.03(c) and on the reverse of Form DSSP 260.

Thats from page that issues the permits, so today it seems you'd send in the non resident pdf form and 100 bucks and await the card.
h ttps://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/ssb/permitslicensing/plupr.html

Of course that's only if this actually applies to Canadians, but in the past I've seen threads saying NH was accepting the PAL as a valid "state permit" and as the rules seem to be relaxing they don't seem to want a copy of your PAL anymore. One would have to try and see.

Interestingly, the need to prove you have a locally issued license matters when you try for the hardware rather than the ccw permit
h ttp://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XII/159/159-8-a.htm

The recognition that the 3 New England states have allowing easy ccw between them may only be for US citizens, a Canadian might be restricted to only NH proper when using the NH permit, I don't know and I would certainly want to be 110% clear on that before I started wandering across the state lines.
 
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Has anyone recently tried for a NH permit?
Yes. And here is my result.
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Its easy if you have an RPAL. Download the form, fill it out, send it with a copy of y our RPAL and $100 USD. It took me 2 weeks exactly from start to finish.
Mike C.
 
Sorry new here.... let me get this straight. I as a non resident Canadian can apply for a license in Maine or new Hampshire ? And from what i have read can also permitless cc ? What about in Florida does anyone have experience or info on that state? Would having a license from Maine or new Hampshire aid in getting something in Florida?
 
Sorry new here.... let me get this straight. I as a non resident Canadian can apply for a license in Maine or new Hampshire ? And from what i have read can also permitless cc ? What about in Florida does anyone have experience or info on that state? Would having a license from Maine or new Hampshire aid in getting something in Florida?

As a non US resident you can get a New Hampshire permit with your RPAL. You can get a FL CCW if you have a house or condo there where there are utility bills in your name. My FL permit just expired. No having a NH non resident license will not help anything in FL. With a non resident license you can't carry in FL either.
Mike C.
 
You're either a 'us person' (citizen, landed immigrant with green card) or a non-immigrant alien (visitor, students visa, temp work visa).
Those with approved permanent resident cards but not yet naturalized citizens are sometimes called resident aliens.
These 2 groups have different rights and responsibilities.
This is a complicated ever changing area of law and I'm not a lawyer so I'm not going to get into it.
 
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