Just curious. I turned in paperwork about 3 months prior to my trip to Tanzania and have not received permit. Not a big deal yet since my trophies won’t be here for a few more months. I checked FWS.gov website and the “importing your elephant and leopard trophy” link does not work. I will make a couple of phone calls tomorrow. Thanks in advance.

Got one for Zambia on Feb. 1st, I think it was.

Not quite the same but I needed USFWS to issue a Cites permit for a Blackbuck I shot in Texas in January to ship to New Zealand. The forwarding folks in California I used told me the standard wait was 90 days from USFWS. That turned out to be exactly right.

I think it took about two months for mine to get back to me.

I will say I used the "old" form. The new form asks more questions, I believe, asking for you to justify taking the cat. Might take longer for the newer form to get processed.

About four-five months this year and the same last year.

Received my cites permit for leopard yesterday. I sent it in March 23. So 6 months.

Applied 2 August and they haven't cashed my check yet.

No

Just received mine in the mail today. Took two and a half months.

I'm over 4 months now. I asked about my check not being cashed and did not receive a reply. Within 3 days my check was cashed.

Just got one today.

Sent in Oct. 22 2018

Check cashed Dec. 6 2018

Received Mar. 5 2019

FWIW!

This year a lot of time was lost owing to the federal government shut down.

I mailed my check in June. Cashed in Jul. Permit issued Dec 21; thought it was lost in mail, but strongly suspected it never went out before shutdown. Received a week after shutdown ended.

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Originally posted by T.J.:
Just received mine in the mail today. Took two and a half months.

Did you submit application yourself or use a service to handle the application? If you used a service, which service. Thanks

autofire,

My logistics person has assisted with many leopard CITES import permits. She will help you for a small fee. Would you like her contact info?

Mark

The application form is so simple, I can't imagine hiring it out.

By the time you tell someone the answers, you could have filled it out yourself.

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Originally posted by autofire:

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Originally posted by T.J.:
Just received mine in the mail today. Took two and a half months.

Did you submit application yourself or use a service to handle the application? If you used a service, which service. Thanks

Did it myself. It's a simple process.

Most recent cat permit application was sent in August 23, 2019 and got the import permit back November 5th.

They did call me a few weeks ago to confirm the PH really did spell his name that way! Lol!

I’m hunting leopard in April, sounds like I should get my application in pretty soon.

Applied for mine November 2018 got it in September of this year.