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they play 'snakes and ladders' with your application when someone becomes a nuisance.... just saying Tom 
Little Willy
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After 12 weeks waiting, I finally got a call last week. FEO is coming round this Thursday.
Tom C
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Still will have to wait 1-2 months after visit for the ticket if he gives you the nod on the day. (In my experience)
Your FEO does not have the authority to say yes or no, that is the job of the licensing mangers their decision based on the FEOs enquiries
Tom C
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Came across that way with mine.
The wait times are ridiculous and a complete lottery.
We need a properly resourced national licencing authority. Have just sent my application in with 3 months of club probation to go so should be a full member when they get round to doing anything with it.
Have held my SGC for 40 years - does this count for anything in the FAC application process?
We need a properly resourced national licencing authority. Have just sent my application in with 3 months of club probation to go so should be a full member when they get round to doing anything with it.
Have held my SGC for 40 years - does this count for anything in the FAC application process?
Stalker62
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No.
3 weeks since submitting my application in Cambridgeshire, I guess I better cross my fingers and hope for a miracle too.
I have my visit this week, about four weeks after application for first grant. Also in cambs.
The FEO makes a report and can make a recommendation, he / she will have a fairly good idea on the day if you are going to be successful as the manager will only be making the decision on what the FEO tells them
Well, it kind of does, it means you have some experience with firearms even though it’s not rifles.
My SGC term was mentioned and that I hadn't had any complaints so assume they do take it into some sort of considerations to the extent of you being trusted to have some form restricted item
Hi T.eddie, that's good to know. What was your SGC term when applying for the FAC? Mine is coming up to two years now.
3 years or there abouts
London Jaeger
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That sound exsessive. In London, whilst it took almost a year to get the interivew (COVID played its part with a massive backlog), I have the Cert within 2 weeks of the interview. As other have suggested, a polite email and phone call may be in order in case its have fallen through the administrative cracks.
Nope. They will re-do the enquiries that you had to do to get your shotgun cert and the extra ones for the firearms cert. The only time they will combine those enquiries is when you are getting/renewing a coterminous certificate. Hence the saving price-wise.
They won't issue your firearms certificate on enquiries they did anything up to 5 years ago. If your circumstances have changed and something terrible happens and they had the chance to check but didn't before giving you firearms, you could imagine the amount of poo hitting the fan!
Griggo06
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That's fair enough
Just passing on info I had from my department but it was coterminous. And it was less than 4 years since getting my sgc
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