r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Aug 28 '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/ntaylorfit Aug 29 '22

Hopefully this is a good place to post this:

Still awaiting approval of my PAL/RPAL. Application received on Mar. 20th this year... my wife received hers already, end of July... with our last name misspelled. We contacted the CFP to figure out how to go about fixing the misspelling on the license and they pointed us in the right direction (mailing stuff in, etc) and asked them to correct the last name on my app (just in case), considering mine had yet to be processed. They couldn't offer me a timeline on how much longer mine would take. I'm just curious why my wife would receive hers (again, misspelled, makes me believe they completely neglected a background check) and mine is still being processed.

Any insight? Sorry for the long read!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '22

Wife’s name was misspelled?? So she’ll have to send it back in, wait for a new license, and only then she’ll be able to purchase??

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u/ntaylorfit Aug 30 '22

Yep! Correct.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '22

How often does this happen? Was the writing on the application not legible? How long will it take for them to send a new one, because I know they’re pretty backed up.

I’m in Ontario and waiting for mine, so super scared that this will happen and then gotta wait more.

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u/ntaylorfit Aug 30 '22

No idea of frequency, but I was told by the officer at the CFP that it happens "all the time." Writing was quite legible; the wife does a lot of legal paperwork for a living. So who knows. Hoping at least hers comes in time to purchase a couple handguns before they're illegal lol. Her and I both love to shoot, but have always just rented guns at the range.

I'm still annoyed in general that mine is still sitting in the state of 'finished initial review." What else is left!?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '22

I don’t understand how it can happen “all the time.” I guess it’s just because they’re super busy, I know there’s a lot of backlog.

I’m still waiting for my credit card to be charged. I guess the timelines are the same more or less for majority of people. How long has your’s been in the initial review?