Thread: New FAL waiting time

Two years for a renewal according to a guy I know who is waiting.
Totally unacceptable , definitely pays to plan well ahead.

Originally Posted by viper

Two years for a renewal according to a guy I know who is waiting.
Totally unacceptable , definitely pays to plan well ahead.

They prioritise renewals especially if yours is near expiring iv just being a reference late last week and asked why my friends was so darn quick. Mine also was 6 weeks max from application to new licence in mail

Email the Minister of Police- he needs to know what's happening (or not happening).

Thanks a lot. I’ll try. And hopefully it’ll work.

Took my work colleague just over 2 years for his FAL it was for the first time and not a renewal

If government agencies were actual real businesses where they had to perform for their bread and butter then a lot of heads would roll. No accountability for piss poor service is the problem here so nobody gives a shit about making anything happen in a timely manner. It's the same across the board, IRD, Immigration NZ etc they're all the same, completely useless and foster a culture of being lazy useless pricks by not holding anyone to account for services they are supposed to be providing . They can claim they're understaffed and overworked all they like and the day I see they stop sending out hundreds of officers for the sole purpose of gathering revenue on the roads then I may be inclined to see some truth in that old chestnut but untill that day it's very clearly just complete incompetence and possibly an actual concentrated effort to make hunters and shooters give up and put it in the too hard basket. Immigration are the same, IRD are the same and I'm sure many other government agencies are also you are left believing that there is no other explanation for their lack of competence than an effort to make you give up or they are just actually completely mismanaged with zero accountability for poor performance

Yes. I agree. However my wife and I dealt with Immigration NZ and surprisingly never had problems, but it was 5 years ago. I know that people now have to wait a lot. To be honest don't know how it is now, but when we were applying for residency, Immigration NZ website offered you to make an profile and private cabinet sort of thing where you can track progress with your application. Police website doesn't have such a service. Or it does and I can't find it?

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

If government agencies were actual real businesses where they had to perform for their bread and butter then a lot of heads would roll. No accountability for piss poor service is the problem here so nobody gives a shit about making anything happen in a timely manner. It's the same across the board, IRD, Immigration NZ etc they're all the same, completely useless and foster a culture of being lazy useless pricks by not holding anyone to account for services they are supposed to be providing . They can claim they're understaffed and overworked all they like and the day I see they stop sending out hundreds of officers for the sole purpose of gathering revenue on the roads then I may be inclined to see some truth in that old chestnut but untill that day it's very clearly just complete incompetence and possibly an actual concentrated effort to make hunters and shooters give up and put it in the too hard basket. Immigration are the same, IRD are the same and I'm sure many other government agencies are also you are left believing that there is no other explanation for their lack of competence than an effort to make you give up or they are just actually completely mismanaged with zero accountability for poor performance

Before 2018, and before this Covid, things relates to govt services are much more faster. My FAL only took less than three months in AKl, but it `s also depends on where you are, like my friend in Qtown, he applied in 2014 and he waited for 7 months. They said, they want to reopen and quick recovery from post covid period, but their acts are on the contrary. Last month, I checked with INZ to see the current wait time for Entrepreneur Work Visa since I still have my sound biz plan in NZ. Well, it `s 29 months, good job.

I was waiting 22 months, so I went into the firearms office and had a chat. They gave me a number of the backlog team in Wtgn...once I called them I had my license in about 5 weeks. Still just shy of 2 years. A total joke really. I think a 'polite squeaky wheel' works to some degree.

Banana Republic.

Originally Posted by madjon_

Banana Republic.

Technically, a banana constitutional monarchy, but give it time!

Originally Posted by MB

Technically, a banana constitutional monarchy, but give it time!

I can't wait to have not one, not two but three votes. one for party, one for local mp and one for a president. if i were younger i'd have hope the whole system would be rejigged but i fear not.

13 an a half months.
Dear Firearms Licence Holder,



Thank you for notifying Police about your change of address for your firearms licence within the past 12 months



We have updated your details in our system.



Police may complete a security check in the future to ensure you are complying with your obligations under the Arms Act.



We have included the link below to the firearms security guidelines.

Originally Posted by bombtrack

Hi everyone. I’m new on the forum and possibly not good in navigation through the topics, so redirect me if topic like this already exists.
The story is prosaic and probably common.
I’ve applied for FAL last year (March 2021), then been contacted via email and advised to book my firearms safety course. I’ve completed and passed that course. And after that it’s been almost 17 months of waiting.
I emailed to FAL commission pretty much every month since begging of this year and all emails look the same( with a bit different wording): “your application is being prepared for vetting and once it’s done your file will be passed to betters for interview”. So, what that means exactly?
Can anyone help me with a bit of info about real situation? How long it takes? May I think or dream to have my license this year? What I should do to maybe speed them up a bit?
Thanks a lot.

I see your in CHCH

My experience here is the arms office is very quick to email you back when you email then stating how busy they, are but seem very reluctant to actually do anything.

I’ve been waiting 18 months for them to inspect my safe in my new house & coming up 7 months now on a licence renewal application.

It doesn’t stop there either – last time I moved house I was asked to ‘describe my security’ as they couldn’t (and didn’t) bother coming to inspect it in the 3 years I was there!

I’m considering approaching my local MP about it as these guys seem so frustratingly incompetent.

Bugger mine was a year ago now and the interviews were face to face the one I referenced for last week was via a webcam which I imagen speeds things up a ton to she specifically said she was rushing his threw because it was due to expire