The letterthat decides it.
A motivation is not a form. It is an argument, and it has to answer the question the reviewing officer is legally required to ask: why does this person need this firearm, and why should the state believe them?
Service
Quoted per
application
The rate depends on the licence category and how much supporting evidence exists. Send us the details and we will quote properly before you commit.
Each category
argues differently.
A self-defence motivation and a dedicated sport motivation share almost nothing beyond the form they are attached to. We write to the category you are actually applying under.
Self-defence
The hardest motivation to write well, because it has to demonstrate a genuine need without overstating a threat you cannot evidence.
Occasional sport
Club membership, shooting activity and the discipline you participate in. Evidence-led and usually the most straightforward.
Dedicated sport
Requires documented dedicated status. The motivation has to demonstrate sustained participation, not a single event.
Hunting
Hunting activity, destinations, species and the firearm's suitability for the quarry you actually pursue.
Business purpose
The nature-of-business argument. Risk assessment, exposure, incident history and named staff.
Collector
Accreditation through a collectors' association plus a thematically coherent collection.
Five steps,
and you see
everything.
We never submit anything you have not read. You are the applicant — the facts have to be yours, and you have to be able to stand behind them in an interview.
- 01
Intake
We send you a structured questionnaire. It asks about your circumstances, your need and your history — the raw material the motivation is built from.
- 02
Draft
We write the motivation properly: structured, specific to you, and citing the sections of the Act that apply to your category.
- 03
Review
You read it, correct anything wrong, and confirm the facts. Nothing is submitted that you have not seen.
- 04
Annexures
We index and reference your supporting documents so the reviewing officer can follow the argument without hunting.
- 05
Submission pack
The complete application is assembled for you to sign and submit to your DFO, with a checklist of what to take.
- We will not invent a threat you cannot evidence. Reviewing officers have seen every version of it.
- We will not copy a template motivation. They are recognised immediately.
- We will not overstate your experience. It is checked.
- We will not submit on your behalf pretending to be you — the application is yours and must be signed by you.
Quoted
per case.
Motivation work is priced per application, because a straightforward occasional-sport motivation and a contested self-defence motivation are not the same job.
SAPS application fees are separate and payable to SAPS.
Training, if you still need it, starts at R1 200.
Tell us what you are applying for.
Send us the licence category and your situation. We will tell you what the motivation needs to argue — and whether it is likely to succeed.