r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 26 '22

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

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u/TechnologyReady Radical Centrist Jun 30 '22

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe, that the number will remain the same. And you won't even be issued a new license card, until after you make your first R purchase. When you get your R license... you don't really have an R license. You have R privileges. After you purchase your first R, you will be issued a new license, and it will have a new revision number on it. You're likely still on your first revision .0001 and that will just bump up to .0002.

On the back, where you should see "Possession Non-Restricted" and Acquisition Non-Restricted" it will add Restricted under each of those.

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u/Ernstig505 Jun 30 '22

Thanks for the info.

So most online stores I've used have had me input the license number without decimals - so once my R permission is reflected on the Individual Services site, I'm probably good to begin the search for in stock handguns?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

The moment you see your rpal was issued on the site you can make R purchases. I made my first purchase within minutes of seeing the message update so I can confirm it’s good from there lol.

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u/Ernstig505 Jul 01 '22

Hell yeah. That's what I wanted to hear.