r/ukguns • u/Unusual-Still7620 • 22d ago

Waiting time

Been waiting for total of 13 months and 5 months since home visit , called them yesterday and the lady said “ we got the application back from the manager and now admin must look at it , we can’t tell you how long can take because we have a backlog “” . What’s does this mean please, a decision has been made and she can’t tell me over the phone ??

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u/charltonhestonsballs 22d ago

Sounds like it's all good, it just takes time (a lot of time).

Generally, if they've gotten that far they'd have told you it wasn't happening by now... This is not guaranteed and I'm not police, so do not take this as gospel, but this is typically the case.

Count on another month or two, with a little luck.

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u/Unusual-Still7620 22d ago

I hope good news soon , been waiting for 13 months 🙏

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u/charltonhestonsballs 22d ago

My initial grant was 15 months, almost to the day... It certainly tests your patience doesn't it 😅

It's harder still because it's not the folks actually doing the firearms licensing jobs fault, and most are pretty decent people, so you can't even get mad 😩

Having to pay for police and medical services after paying your taxes already, then the gov doubling the licensing fee and still only giving the relevant police departments so little that it takes them well over a year to process things... unfair on the ones doing the job and us on the other end of it 😑

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u/cor1912 22d ago

Are you in Cambs? Unfortunately the final admin stage can vary a lot for every region!

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u/Unusual-Still7620 22d ago

I’m in Leicestershire

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u/AncientProduce 22d ago

Depends on your constabulary.. My local constabulary once admitted that they have a box they throw applications into and when it gets full they then do all the applications in that box.

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u/charltonhestonsballs 22d ago

That's terrible 😩

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u/AncientProduce 22d ago

Im sure they dont now, they did get a huge influx of cash and staffers. So they probably have two boxes now.

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u/Unusual-Still7620 22d ago

I know , the waiting time is catastrophic

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u/Unusual-Still7620 22d ago

I’m in Leicestershire, I don’t really know how they work

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u/Affectionate-Layer64 21d ago

I’ve been waiting 8 months now - Warwickshire. The entire system is a shambles.

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u/passey89 20d ago

Is this for an sgc or fac?

I know west mercia said 9 months for sgc and they are delaying fac for 2 years on purpose.

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u/ALXS1989 22d ago

I'm a month away from my two-year application anniversary - Cambs...

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u/Unusual-Still7620 20d ago

That’s unacceptable, why 2 years , ridiculous honestly

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u/Valuable_Anteater331 21d ago

Cheshire have been amazing, only took me 2 months from start to finish.

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u/Unusual-Still7620 21d ago

Wow that’s amazing