r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jul 17 '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

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/[deleted] Jul 18 '22

Application Submitted January

Received Jan 17th

Charged Jun 29th

Still no online status, tells me to check again at a later date. Been on hold with them for about 3 hours today just to get hung up on every time. Any ideas on what I can do?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '22

Update: This could have not went better, I finally got through after about 4 hours and they said it was already approved & issued without contacting any of my references.

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u/Imaginary-Throat6951 Jul 19 '22

Just need to be relentless. Call ,call, call.

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u/Icy_Operation_6013 Jul 19 '22

Good lord. 6 months? There's probably no hope for me. Just sent mine off a few weeks ago.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

Lady on the phone said that it was approved the day my card was charged, they never interviewed me or called any of my references, my status still doesn’t even show online. Sounds like it’s a shitshow down there, they didn’t even know their own portal was down.

Good luck bro

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u/Icy_Operation_6013 Jul 19 '22

So you don't get your licence in the mail until you can see status?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

I can’t see the status of mine. I haven’t been able too for 6 months

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u/Other-Negotiation328 Jul 19 '22

That is a wild time line. I held a PAL, wife had nothing.

I got her into a course in Sept 2021. Instructor told her to get me in for Oct 2021 restricted, and I talked her into getting into it as well.

We mailed our applications in Dec 30th (dropped into a postal box)

They charged Jan 19 2022, and we both had them by early April 2022. Oddly enough hers was approved before mine.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '22

Should be any day now. It takes 6 months, probably a little longer these days with how busy everything is. Back in 2020, still took me 6 months to get mine 👍

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u/salazar_0333 on/qc Jul 20 '22

ontario?

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

Alberta

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u/salazar_0333 on/qc Jul 20 '22

Cool thnx!