SAPS Firearm Licence Application

Licence Me offers a full turn-key SAPS Firearm Licence applications for Self Defence and Sports Shooting / Hunting (Section 13, Section 14, Section 15 and Section 16) provided you have a valid SAPS Firearm Competency Certificate from SAPS for the same category of weapon which you wish to licence.

How to get your SAPS Firearm Licence:

Our team of experts will collect all of the required documentation, images and information for you, complete the application forms, professionally prepare, print, label and itemise your full document pack as well as your passport photographs. No need to fuss, we do it all!

What Licence Me will do for your SAPS Firearm Licence Application:

1. Complete the SAPS 271 (Application for a licence to possess a firearm) form correctly and completely on your behalf based on the information we collect from you.
2. Prepare a complete application booklet for you to submit to SAPS along with the completed SAPS 271 application form which includes:
1. Your official identity document (two colour copies)
2. Your original training certificate issued by the accredited training provider (Sasseta)
3. Two passport colour photographs (our design team will remove the background from the images you supply to confirm with the "neutral background" requirement)
4. Personalised supporting document pack based on your licence requirements and reasons for application.

What you need to do in order to get a SAPS Firearm Licence:

1. You must successfully pass the prescribed test to prove your knowledge of the Firearms Control Act, 2000 as well as the prescribed training and practical test regarding the safe and efficient handling of a firearm at an accredited training provider.
2. On receipt of the training certificate from an accredited training provider or the Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (Sasseta), you must apply to the SAPS for a competency certificate. You must complete the SAPS 517 (Application for a competency certificate) form.
3. Submit the application together with the following supporting documentation to the designated firearms officer (DFO) situated in the area where you ordinarily reside:
• Your official identity document
• Your original training certificate issued by an accredited training provider (Sasseta)
• Two unobscured passport-size colour photographs (with a neutral background) that are not older that three months
• Any other supporting documents.
4. After you have obtained a competency certificate, you must complete the relevant sections of the SAPS 271 form (Application for a licence to possess a firearm).
5. Submit the completed SAPS 271 form to the DFO in the area where you ordinarily reside.
6. Take the following documents with you to the DFO:
• Your original, official identity document
• Your original competency certificate
• Letter of appointment as executor, if the firearm was inherited
• Two unobscured passport-size colour photographs, not older that three months.
7. You must fully motivate your application and submit documents in support of your application.
8. The DFO will -
• take a full set of your fingerprints on the SAPS 91(a) form (only for a competency certificate)
• issue you with a remittance advice SAPS 523(a) and direct you to the financial office at the police station to pay the prescribed fee. The payment must be made by means of cash or a bank-guaranteed cheque. You will be issued with a receipt (Z263) as proof of the payment, which you must submit to the DFO to ensure that the processing of the application will continue.
9. You will receive a signed acknowledgement of receipt (SAPS 523) as proof that you have submitted an application for a licence to possess a firearm.
10. After the successful consideration of your application, the DFO will ask you to within 14 days, obtain and install a firearm safe that meets the standards set by the South African Bureau of Standards.
11. The DFO will carry out an inspection of your premises to ascertain that you have met the requirements for a safe.

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