Jolly Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 surrey are brilliant from date of sending off my application to recieving my SGC it was aprrox 10 days !! sent off for my FAC 10 days ago they are quoting 3-5 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbank Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 As a postscript to this thread, and out of fairness to Kent Police: I posted my renewal application early August for a late September expiry. Received the new certificate about 7 weeks later, two weeks before the expiry of the old one. Feedback from other applicants suggests situation in Kent much improved in last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solz Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 im from Gloucester and i waited 10 months for mine :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 As a PS to my earlier reply, It took just under six months for Linolnshire Police to process my FAC. The FEO visited around the 10 week mark, which was about the same as for my SGC a couple of years earlier. The hold up was all in the Admin department.Over 10 phone calls, I was given 9 different deadlines and various excuses, from "I have 3 or four piles of applications sitting on my desk" (How did they know which pile to take from?), to "We are told we are not allowed to even look at new referrals, only renewals, for the foreseeable future" - finally to be told "Oh,we have had your application, but someone forgot to change the status on the screen, so it kept telling us we hadn't got it, and nobody has checked it"! I finally decided to write a letter - not a formal complaint at first, keep it polite. I wrote a detailed timeline, with all the dates and responses recieved, stating that this was not (for now) an official complaint, but purely an expression of concern and frustration from the shooters point of view, at the apparent chaos in the department. To this day, they haven't even acknowledged receipt of my letter, despite that it was sent in both email and hard-copy format. Funnily enough though, my FAC was processed in just over a fortnight after that. No personal animosity, they are all really polite and friendly, but the admin side seems hopelessly understaffed and chaotic in procedural principles, I doubt it will improve now it is under the management of G4S. Good luck to all, and particularly those awaiting certificates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 im from Gloucester and i waited 10 months for mine :( Glos have a massive backlog. They are publicly stating now at least six months for grants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominicrobed Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 As a postscript to this thread, and out of fairness to Kent Police: I posted my renewal application early August for a late September expiry. Received the new certificate about 7 weeks later, two weeks before the expiry of the old one. Feedback from other applicants suggests situation in Kent much improved in last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominicrobed Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 That is great news about Kent pulling their socks up ! I sent my application of august last year and received it 16 weeks later. Still 4 years for them to get better lol I would not mind paying more if the turn over was quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Anybody happen to no the current time for a fac variation at present in Norfolk/Suffolk FLD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimmie Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 S#*t iv just moved to Kent !!!! Reading all this god knows when il get my cabinet looked at ! And I'm up for renewal in December :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbust Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 5 months for a variation with Norfolk and will be putting another one in soon I think you were unlucky LC, I just got mine done for a variation for a 22LR and a 300 win mag addition and had it done in 42 days from flash to bang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 I think you were unlucky LC, I just got mine done for a variation for a 22LR and a 300 win mag addition and had it done in 42 days from flash to bang. That's what I want to hear think ill put mine in ASAP cheers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) FAC took 6mths 2 weeks,(SGC already held) Durham & not very pleasent when i progress chased (only twice), want to put in for a veriation but due to experience will not bother.Most worrying fact, is that when the FLO came and i offered to show him my SGC as id,he said "Oh you hold a sgc do you?What have they been checking for 6mths,How could he poss come to do a home visit and not know i held a SGC??? Edited October 3, 2012 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Anybody happen to no the current time for a fac variation at present in Norfolk/Suffolk FLD? next monday will be 8 weeks for me(1 to 1 variation) norfolk. bornfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 next monday will be 8 weeks for me(1 to 1 variation) norfolk. bornfree Thanks mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borich Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 I'm in north Kent and got SGC in 9 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Ten days for my variation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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