Applying for Cat H Sports license With Collectors License

[queeg730]

Folks,
I currently have a Collectors license for Cat H, which was issued only recently, (a relevant point for this query, since it shows that my background has been checked very, very recently for the purpose of a Cat H license).

I have also been a current member of a pistol club for more than the mandatory 6 month period, and have completed the mandatory shoots, and all other mandatory requirements, so I am now in a position to apply for the normal Cat H Sports & Target club license to enable me to compete in club competitions.

My question is...... can I request (and / or expect), that the Cat H Sports & Target license be expedited, considering that all the background / eligibility checking which has recently been done, or will I have to wait for another 6+ month period?

And on the same point.... which one requires more the rigorous checking, the Collectors license, or the Sports & Target license... or are they both about the same?

thanks all,
Mike

[PastaofMuppets]

Hi Mike

The good news is you obviously pass their checks and having a licence already will make it a little quicker.

However their system processes in order of receipt so they will work their way through until they get to your application. If your application is complete then you shouldn't have any hiccups there.

They won't expedite for sports shooting though. They only do that in very very exceptional occupational cases where people are losing their living.

Let us know how you go.

~PoM~

EDIT: Which requires more rigorous checking? They check you just the same. The documentation for a collectors licence is a bit less straight forward. So they are pretty similar, but pistol shooting docs a bit more "routine".

[Chinballs]

Folks,
My question is...... can I request (and / or expect), that the Cat H Sports & Target license be expedited, considering that all the background / eligibility checking which has recently been done, or will I have to wait for another 6+ month period?
Mike

Having one will not speed up the other. It is treated as any other new license application and there is nothing you can do to speed it up.

[queeg730]

PastaofMuppets and Chinballs....
Thanks a million folks for your replies....
I had guessed that the wait time would probably be no different, so in effect I was just hoping against hope! boo-hoo
So it will be a while until I am back into IPSC again, after some years!

rgds
Mike