Thread: How long is the wait for police vetting?

Originally Posted by res

For sure, being well known to the Wellington firearms police team probably helped a little, eg speeding up the veters visit by a few days as he added it onto the end of a very long day.

But I offer it as an example that the people in the police system are doing the best they can within there very under resourced system.

Also to show that even if you don't have the plastic that the system normally shows you as having a licence the day after the vetter turns the paperwork in(this may increase if your not in Wellington) so you can still do gun stuff-just ring/email your AO to check

You and I are lucky we have AO's that are happy to provide us with mail orders and PTP even though we don't have our cards yet. Legally we are licensed and if a cop ran your name in the system it would say you are too.

Originally Posted by res

For sure, being well known to the Wellington firearms police team probably helped a little, eg speeding up the veters visit by a few days as he added it onto the end of a very long day.

But I offer it as an example that the people in the police system are doing the best they can within there very under resourced system.

Also to show that even if you don't have the plastic that the system normally shows you as having a licence the day after the vetter turns the paperwork in(this may increase if your not in Wellington) so you can still do gun stuff-just ring/email your AO to check

I have had very similar experience to you. I think it has alot to do with how familiar or known you are to the Police vetting team/Arms officer.