8.5 Downloading E-File Acknowledgments from FinCEN

When the BSA E-Filing System Track Status page shows that the submitted file has been acknowledged, you can retrieve an acknowledgment file from the BSA E-Filing System Secure Messaging Center. You must save this acknowledgment .xml file and upload it into the USSAR Cloud Service.

To download the acknowledgment file from BSA E-Filing System, follow these steps:
  1. Log in to the BSA E-Filing System website.
  2. On Secure Messaging, select View Inbox to view the list of acknowledgments.
  3. Click the Subject of the required acknowledgment. A BSA E-Filing Secure Message Reply Form is displayed.
  4. Click View/Save Attachment. An Acknowledgment (XML) file window is displayed.
  5. Click View/Save to download the XML file in your system.