Apply In Person

1. To Obtain Sale Permit of License for Firearm (Gun), the applicant has to approach the Ethiopian Federal police link
2. Applicant has to collect the form from the office to get the sales permit or license.
3. Applicant has to fill-in all the details in the form.
4. Make sure that the applicant has to give the necessary all documents (photocopies and originals) mentioned in “Required Documents” in the section of this page.
5. Submit the form and the needed documents to the respective officer.
6. If all the above-mentioned procedures were followed by the applicant properly, then, the permit will be issued to them within 6months.
7. Fee for this procedure has to paid as per the authority request.

• 4 Passport sized photographs
• Attested copy of address proof:
  • Ration Card,
  • Voter Identity Card,
  • Passport,
  • Electricity/
  • Water/Telephone Bill,
  • Driving Licence, Property (House)
  • Tax, Tax Return,
  • National identification Card
• Attested copy of date of birth:
  • Police clearance Certificate,
  • Birth certificate,
  • Affidavit sworn before a Magistrate/Notary stating date and place of birth by illiterate or semi-illiterate applicants.
  • Import details

Ministry of Defence
PO Box 1373,
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
E-mail: nuredinbilal@yahoo.com
Telephone: +251 11-4666141
Telephone +251 11 511777
Fax: +251 11-4661469

Ethiopian Federal Police Commission
P0 B0X 456 Addis Ababa
Tel: +251111567423
Email: info@federalpolice.gov.et
Contact link

• Applicant must be Eighteen years (18) years or older.
• Clean criminal record
• Doctor's certificate that certifies physical and mental fitness

• Fee for this procedure has to paid as per the authority request.

• The validity for Obtain Sale Permit of License for Firearm (Gun) is up to 1 year.

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• The processing time for this procedure is 6 months.

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• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Personal Information
• Occupation/Employment Information
• Particulars of Firearm
• Spousal Information
• Next of Kin
• Particulars of Applicant

• A sales firearms license is a license or permit issued by some governments (typically by the police) of a country (or state or municipality thereof), that allows the licensee to sale the gun often subject to a number of conditions or restrictions, especially with regards to storage requirements or the completion of a firearms safety course, as well as background checks, etc.

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