r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Apr 02 '23

Weekly Newbies & FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership -type questions

This thread will be used for the "new"-type questions, PAL/RPAL applications, references, CFSC/CFRSC requirements, storage/transport, or other general "new-to-me" firearms ownership questions.

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u/mad_bitcoin Apr 05 '23

Just got my PAL/RPAL in the mail. Submitted application online February 20th, marked received same day. References contacted via email, marked initial review complete February 22nd. Approved and mailed March 20th. Received in mail April 5th. I'm in BC so six weeks if you submit online👍

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u/Falken1010 Apr 06 '23 edited Apr 06 '23

Thank you for being someone that replies like I would if I were in BC. I had seen this comment before and felt bad that I couldn’t express my frustration since I am in ON.

Seriously, why are some applications super fast and others not? Only thing about me that some paranoid CFO might “flag” is that I am currently unemployed, which is not something that worries me personally. I wonder what they look at and if that has something to do with it.

Otherwise sparkling clean profile. I don’t get it.

Still I’m at “only” 45 days, so less than you but still, there are other people getting theirs in 30 and in my mind 2 weeks is a really long “buffer” time.

Especially it being online. Makes no sense, our profile doesn’t have to get digitized.

Seriously just want to get on with it. What a hassle. Can’t imagine taking months to get a driver’s license. Why is this any different?

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u/ObamaPrism1 Apr 06 '23

I'm an unemployed highschool student and submitted mine in early February by mail and I got mine a week ago. I'm not sure why some people's are getting held so much

edit: I am also in BC

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u/sticksnstones456 Apr 08 '23

Im at around 9 months now Ontario still waiting...