Thread: Firearm licencing

Went into process my renweal today and was told there's at least a 3mth backlog. And it could take as long as 6mths.

I put a polite enquiry into the general police website today to ask what was happening after submitting my application for as a first time applicant on March 10th. I accepted the deferment, I just wanted to know when it was deferred till. This thread is officially depressing.

Originally Posted by CamD

I put a polite enquiry into the general police website today to ask what was happening after submitting my application for as a first time applicant on March 10th. I accepted the deferment, I just wanted to know when it was deferred till. This thread is officially depressing.

update- after the admin person had forwarded to the local arms clerk this is the reply:

"Thank you for your query.
Unfortunately we have a vast backlog of licensing files to complete due to the lockdown. Police National Headquarters have advised that new applications are still not to be processed until the backlog is cleared. We are unable to give you a time frame of this at present.
Please refer to the news and updates on the Police website: https://www.police.govt.nz/advice-services/firearms-and-safety/news-and-updates"

so yeah. Not holding my breath on it being any time even vaguely soon.