r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 02 '21

Weekly Newbies 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/Streetglide130 May 06 '21

RPAL app received Jan 5, visa hit April 20, card received May 3. Ontario

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u/[deleted] May 07 '21

how can you tell when they receive it? I just brought my envelope to Canada post with a stamp on it. Didn't get a tracking number

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u/pissing_noises May 07 '21

You would have had to bring it without a stamp and pay for Xpresspost so it would have tracking and get there quick.

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u/Temporary_Source_469 May 07 '21

When I sign into the web services to check the application it tells me they received it on 13 November, 2020. I guess they get stamped. It was literally just over 4 months before they even opened it. Just wondering on the wait times for Ontario, that’s all. I might be a little longer considering I recovered from PTSD about 7 years ago, and am still on mild medication that keeps it in check. I hope I don’t get denied. Ex military here, and they felt it was appropriate to entrust me with prohibited weapons and pyrotechnics after the diagnoses, and recovery.

I’m not a danger to myself or anyone else, I just want to go hunting, and miss shooting in general. I was a marksman with a long rifle, and okay with a pistol. Figured I’d go for the RPAL so I could become more proficient with a pistol and maybe compete some day lol.