Visitors Permits

Visitors wishing to bring non-prohibited, legal firearms into England, Scotland or Wales must first obtain a Visitor's Firearms Permit.

Applications for visitor's permits must be made on behalf of the visitor, to the Chief Officer of Police, by a Firearm Certificate holder who has rights or title to the land for using firearms. In most cases we would act as your sponsor, assuming that you are stalking with our sporting organisation,.

Most members of EU countries must be in possession of a European Firearms Pass which should be forwarded with the application for the permit. This must be the original and not a photocopy

Applications should be made well in advance of the required date, to allow the proper enquiries to be made. Eight to ten weeks should be allowed for this process to be completed. The information necessary will be provided by us, if we are acting as your sponsor. The police would address all enquiries to us, and it is important that we have a viable contact telephone, E-mail or fax number to refer questions back to our client.

When a permit is granted it will be sent to us, and we will forward it to you, for presentation to customs on your arrival in Great Britain. The visitor's permit will be accepted in lieu of a Department of Trade & Industry import licence. Failure to produce the permit at the time of importation may render the firearms/shotguns liable to detention or seizure.

Please contact us if any points need further clarification or you have any problems in Firearm Certificate applications.