Travel – Northern Ireland Field Target Association

Travel Information

All competitors attending WFTC25 will require a Police Service of Northern Ireland Visitors Permit The links for these are listed below:

Great Britain residents visiting NI

From May 2016 firearm and shotgun certificates issued in Great Britain are valid in Northern Ireland. No further documentation is required to enable Great Britain certificate holders to travel to Northern Ireland with their firearms. However in Northern Ireland airguns of over one joule and over are considered firearms. If you wish to bring such an airgun to Northern Ireland, you must apply for a Northern Ireland certificate of approval (Form 30/15). There is a fee of £11.00 for this documentation. Please apply at least 8 weeks before your expected date of travel. This includes residents from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

Non-Great British residents visiting Northern Ireland

You must have a Visitor’s Firearms Permit (Form 30/38), which needs to be submitted on your behalf by a 'sponsor' who is an NI resident.

Send a copy of the domestic firearms permit for the firearm intended to be held in Northern Ireland along with the application.

If you are an EU national then send a copy of the European Firearms Pass with the application. Applications must be received, at least, 6 weeks before the expected date of arrival. There is a fee of £16.00 for an individual visitors permit or £80.00 for a grant of six or more in a group application.

An NI Visitor's Firearm Permit does not allow possession or use of your firearm in any other part of the UK.

For visitors arriving to travel through The Republic of Ireland, Dublin Airport but also add a remainder they will need a PSNI firearms visitors permit for once they arrive in Northern Ireland.

International Competitors

Any international competitors arriving through Dublin Airport must have a Gardai Transport Permit and a PSNI Visitors Permit. Both links below.

Firearms and Explosives Licensing Unit Address: Department of Justice,
51 St Stephen's Green,
Dublin 2,
D02 HK52
Email: firearms@justice.ie
Phone number: +353 1 859 2279