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Short, step by step videos that show exactly how to do each part of your SAPS firearm application in Firearm License Pro South Africa. Watch the one you need, or the complete guide from start to finish.

Start here: the complete guide

12:11

Every topic in one video: registering, your details, documents, new competency and firearm licence applications, renewals, business firearms, SAPS tracking, reminders and Send to client. It runs 12:11, and the chapters on YouTube take you straight to the topic you want.

One step at a time

1:13

How to register as a client

For clients. Create your free account, photograph your ID and fill in your profile once.

1:19

How to register as an IA Partner

For IA Partners. Dealers, training centres and consultants: register your business and add your clients.

1:19

How to update your information in Settings

For clients and IA Partners. Change your contact details, address, work and SAPS declarations, and pick your language.

1:13

How to upload and update your documents

For clients and IA Partners. ID, proof of address, training certificates, safe photos and club papers.

1:25

The new competency application, step by step

For clients and IA Partners. From Start Application to a printed SAPS 517 pack, with the second check before you print.

1:25

The new firearm licence application, step by step

For clients and IA Partners. Your firearm, the seller, your reasons and the finished SAPS 271 pack. Several firearms, one visit.

1:13

How to renew a firearm licence and a competency

For clients and IA Partners. Renew several licences and your competency together, with the official Annexure A.

1:26

How to apply for business firearms (Section 20)

For IA Partners. Security companies, training centres and game ranches: company licences and renewals.

1:02

How to track your application at SAPS

For clients and IA Partners. Add your SAPS reference and follow every step of your application, free.

1:02

Manage your licences and competencies, and get reminders

For clients and IA Partners. See every expiry date at a glance and choose when we remind you, from 2 weeks to 7 months before.

1:08

The Client and Company Info Profile list

For IA Partners. Print the list, let the client fill it in, then scan it: over a hundred answers read from one scan.

1:08

Send to client: they fill it in on their phone

For IA Partners. Send a link on WhatsApp; the client photographs their ID and fills in their details on their own phone.