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[u/mjapix]

Question about PAL delivery wait times.

New pal holder here, license issued Thursday on the 17th of june. Still waiting for it to come in the mail and hearing some horror stories of people having to wait months!!! Anyone else in BC have experience with the wait times? Hoping it comes on monday, tommorow. That will be day 10.

[u/ggdrguy → u/mjapix]

Usually 2 weeks from issue, the months wait is to actually get it processed. The problem is now is that apparently the machine they use to print the cards is broken so…🤷‍♂️

[u/mjapix → u/ggdrguy]

Broken again??? I heard of a huge delay issue in 2019 with the printers but now would suck. It says 2 weeks then call but i have been told a few horror stories on wait times now and im loosing confidence. Really hoping it arrives this week. I heard they print on thursday and ship friday so thats what im hoping for.

[u/ggdrguy → u/mjapix]

Even if they ship fridays you won’t be seeing snail mail rom nb to bc over the weekend… likely a week or more.

[u/mjapix → u/ggdrguy]

It will be day 10 on monday, they shipped on the 17th

[u/ggdrguy → u/mjapix]

Ahh I get ya now

[u/mjapix → u/ggdrguy]

So if its not here by thursday i should call i suppose but i hope it will be