Reporting Procedures:
On your appointment date, you will need to provide the following items.
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A Copy of your APPROVAL email
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Your Driver's License or Official PA Photo Identification Card
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A recently purchased Money Order in the amount of $20 made payable to the City of Philadelphia. (*FYI - Postal Money Orders do not expire)
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Renewals - bring your old Pennsylvania License to Carry
You Should Know:
You have to call (215) 685-3661/62 to schedule an appointment for your license to carry once you are instructed to do so after applying online.
Only applicants 21 years of age or older, residing in the county of Philadelphia, may apply for a "Pennsylvania License to Carry Firearm" through the Philadelphia Police Department. Out of County residents must apply in the county of their residence.
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Due to the surge in LTC inquiry and processing, we are forced to cease issuing a License to Carry Firearms to Out-of-State Applicants until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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The office is currently open only by appointment for approved applicants. Applicants who are approved for a License to Carry a Firearm with the Permitium program will receive an email with instructions on making their appointment to pick up their LTC card.
The Licenses + Inspections Review Board hears appeals for firearm permit denials and revocations. L+I must receive their appeal within 30 days from when the Police Department denial was issued. Appellants (those who are appealing the decision) must include (with the appeal form/BLIR Appeal) a copy of the gun permit denial letter that they received from the Police Department.
Pennsylvania controls the right of Philadelphians to “open carry” and “concealed carry” guns. A person can “open carry” a gun, such as wearing it in a holster, or on a belt without a permit everywhere in Pennsylvania except in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, a permit is required to carry a gun or transport one in a vehicle.
If you come to a government building, you will be asked to surrender your gun when entering the building and will receive it back upon exiting the building.
For Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Gun Rules, go to https://www.phila.gov/2018-03-20-gun-control-policies/. 
