Getting quicker

Asus1 · 26-06-2019 10:36am #1

Here in Kildare maybe.Handed in licence application for 12g semi auto on May 23rd and received this morning the 26th with letter having signed off date as the 23rd of this month,so it only took a month.I had a call from the FO as i was also cancelling a rifle licence about 2 weeks ago to tell me all was ok with application but that the superintendent was only back and he had a heap of paperwork to do so expect it to take about 3 weeks.This is the shortest waiting time ive had bar subs which i usually have in 2 weeks.Now i have to wait till next week to pick it up cant wait its my first shotgun in my own name.

Cass · 26-06-2019 11:46am

Funny, i was just about to ask is anyone waiting longer than normal.

Did you get the actual license yet? I ask because i got the receipt letters this morning and one month ago, but no actual licenses or grant letters yet.

Asus1 · 26-06-2019 12:17pm

Cass wrote: »

Funny, i was just about to ask is anyone waiting longer than normal.

Did you get the actual license yet? I ask because i got the receipt letters this morning and one month ago, but no actual licenses or grant letters yet.

I received the firearms certificate grant notice and paid for said licence this morning.I have never gotten any notification from the garda if or when my application is being processed.The FO usually rings me to say that she has looked through it and its all ok and she was sending it to the superintendent and it was now up to them.Ive read about receipt letters but ive never gotten one.

solarwinds · 26-06-2019 1:14pm

Got 2 letters last week to say my renewals were received and i would have a decision conveyed no later than Sept. First time i have ever received letters acknowledging receipt of paperwork.

scwazrh · 26-06-2019 2:59pm

I put my application for 12g on 9th June
Got a call from FO on 16th and got my grant letter this morning - 15 days is not bad

Grizzly 45 · 27-06-2019 8:02pm

Bit of a delay getting some info for AGS from the club RE membership.Emailed the revelant info to my local on Friday,had the grant notice Tuseday.

Asus1 · 27-06-2019 9:14pm

Its weird,its the same feeling every time you buy a firearm.First its excitement,then its guilt about spending money you dont have,finally its impatience waiting for grant notice to come through.Then you head out and do a bit of shooting and all the above is forgotten.

cookimonster · 27-06-2019 9:50pm

Asus1 wrote: »

Its weird,its the same feeling every time you buy a firearm.First its excitement,then its guilt about spending money you dont have,finally its impatience waiting for grant notice to come through.Then you head out and do a bit of shooting and all the above is forgotten.

.......and then you go out and buy another one or two!!!!

Asus1 · 27-06-2019 9:53pm

cookimonster wrote: »

.......and then you go out and buy another one or two!!!!

FECK NO...........well yeah probably!!!

ezra_ · 28-06-2019 5:35pm

I had three renewals, and these were in a new county for me.

Took about 6 weeks from handing in to grant letters (which arrived in the same post as the letters stating my application had been received). The licences themselves arrived about a week after payment.

First time that I had all of the correct ammo limits, S, etc.

Peppa Cig · 02-07-2019 1:02pm

7 weeks for me for grant letter

Anyone getting licence quicker than a week after payment?

Asus1 · 02-07-2019 1:11pm

Peppa Cig wrote: »

7 weeks for me for grant letter

Anyone getting licence quicker than a week after payment?

Paid for my licence the 26th of last month and still have not gotten it.Am heading down tomorrow to pick it up with grant letter and receipt of payment as dealer said thats fine.Hopefully it might be in the post before I leave in the morning.Like a child on Christmas eve there wont be alot of sleep tonight.Might stick up a picture when i get it home.

Benny mcc · 02-07-2019 1:27pm

Sent in a renewal a month ago and got a call last week from the local station looking for it. They've lost it again

Peppa Cig · 02-07-2019 1:30pm

It seems to vary between RFD’s as to if they will accept grant letter with payment reciept vs. licence card.

Most start dealing with those RFD’s that will

ezra_ · 02-07-2019 1:41pm

Peppa Cig wrote: »

It seems to vary between RFD’s as to if they will accept grant letter with payment reciept vs. licence card.

Most start dealing with those RFD’s that will

Last RFD I dealt with was happy with the letter and receipt as the licence number is printed on the receipt (and he wasn't selling my any ammo).

Asus1 · 02-07-2019 1:51pm

ezra_ wrote: »

Last RFD I dealt with was happy with the letter and receipt as the licence number is printed on the receipt (and he wasn't selling my any ammo).

Same here,I've picked up all my firearms with just the grant notice and proof of payment.

Asus1 · 03-07-2019 2:33pm

Licence came this morning,so i paid last Wednesday and received today so 5 full working days it took,not to bad.Overall from cancelling licence,applying for new licence and receiving said licence in my hand its taken just 5 weeks which is really all it should take for someone who already has firearms licenced.Now to get up early tomorrow morning and head down and pick new shotgun up......

alanmc · 03-07-2019 4:29pm

That's 5 weeks quicker than any application or substitution I've ever done.

Congrats. Happy shooting.

Asus1 · 03-07-2019 4:38pm

alanmc wrote: »

That's 5 weeks quicker than any application or substitution I've ever done.

Congrats. Happy shooting.

Longest I've had to wait was my first application for a gamo .22 air rifle it was 9 weeks.Wish id kept it and subbed it for a better one instead of subbing it for .22lr.Love the .22lr but an air rifle is just a great thing to have on a sunny evening down in the fields trying to hit a lump of clay at 80y and all for a few €.

Peppa Cig · 03-07-2019 7:04pm

Asus1 wrote: »

Longest I've had to wait was my first application for a gamo .22 air rifle it was 9 weeks.Wish id kept it and subbed it for a better one instead of subbing it for .22lr.Love the .22lr but an air rifle is just a great thing to have on a sunny evening down in the fields trying to hit a lump of clay at 80y and all for a few €.

My current application is for an Air Rifle. Looking forward to it. Modern PCP high power air rifle should be a great tool around the farm for pest control inside and outside of buildings. Highly accurate too so good for target work also. Here’s a link to mine:

https://youtu.be/ngOVCE_JE2c

del boi · 03-07-2019 8:42pm

Peppa Cig wrote: »

My current application is for an Air Rifle. Looking forward to it. Modern PCP high power air rifle should be a great tool around the farm for pest control inside and outside of buildings. Highly accurate too so good for target work also. Here’s a link to mine:

https://youtu.be/ngOVCE_JE2c

You wont be disappointed, I up graded to the air arms s510 xs last week. Very accurate

minktrapper · 03-07-2019 9:07pm

del boi wrote: »

You wont be disappointed, I up graded to the air arms s510 xs last week. Very accurate

Would it be fair to ask as to the price of the air arms.

Sika98k · 08-07-2019 9:02am

In actual fact dealers should not hand over firearms on the strength of a grant letter. The licence issued is to use, possess and carry. Been down that road with the FPU in the park.

ezra_ · 08-07-2019 12:13pm

Sika98k wrote: »

In actual fact dealers should not hand over firearms on the strength of a grant letter. The licence issued is to use, possess and carry. Been down that road with the FPU in the park.

Stictly speaking - once the letter is paid, the licence exists.
You don't have the representation of the licence (the yellow slip) but the licence exists at that stage.

Still though - I wouldn't want to try this in the wild!

Sika98k · 08-07-2019 12:53pm

ezra_ wrote: »

Stictly speaking - once the letter is paid, the licence exists.
You don't have the representation of the licence (the yellow slip) but the licence exists at that stage.

Still though - I wouldn't want to try this in the wild!

My experience of this was getting a rifle licensed before a hunting trip abroad.
Ok, approved and in the system but not in hand. The FO was going to enter it into my EFP but said he’d better check with FPU in the park.
The reply was as I have previously stated. As I did not physically have the licence, no it could not be entered in my EFP. Sure it’s in the pipeline but not to hand.

Cass · 18-07-2019 12:20pm

I know some of ye are still getting quick service, but i'm still waiting as are a good few people i know. Months for subs let alone applications.

Reading this today and wonder would it have anything to do with it.

Peppa Cig · 18-07-2019 2:22pm

Peppa Cig wrote: »

Asus1 wrote: »

Longest I've had to wait was my first application for a gamo .22 air rifle it was 9 weeks.Wish id kept it and subbed it for a better one instead of subbing it for .22lr.Love the .22lr but an air rifle is just a great thing to have on a sunny evening down in the fields trying to hit a lump of clay at 80y and all for a few €.

My current application is for an Air Rifle. Looking forward to it. Modern PCP high power air rifle should be a great tool around the farm for pest control inside and outside of buildings. Highly accurate too so good for target work also. Here’s a link to mine:

https://youtu.be/ngOVCE_JE2c

Six weeks for my first grant to come through in June plus 5 days for licence from An Post.

Peppa Cig · 15-10-2019 10:28am

Anyone experiencing current delays on grant letter/licence issue?

madmac187 · 27-10-2019 6:22pm

Deeply unhappy waiting since May for a new application. FO would not return a call in that time. Spoke to Super and he said to me I will get to it when I can, highest number of guns in country in his county. Lies. Registered letter in the end and see. Not restricted firearm either.

oldgit1897 · 28-10-2019 12:14am

I believe the new super in Bray Co.Wicklow is a foot dragger, crazy delays issuing licences.

Sika98k · 28-10-2019 9:32am

Peppa Cig wrote: »

Anyone experiencing current delays on grant letter/licence issue?

I’ve been waiting 6 months for renewals. Not a peep, no acknowledgment.
If they worked in the private sector they’d be slung out of their jobs.

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