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

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/416er Sep 03 '22

Does anyone have any recent experience in how long past the 28 days after receiving the application things are showing up online? Mines not online yet and I am approaching about six weeks since they received it. Is this normal right now?

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u/ZealousidealNews9256 Sep 03 '22

I called my MP (member of parliament). They called the CFO. Got it approved next day.

Told them it was ridiculous that a government service is moving this slow.

Might help if your MP is a conservative.

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u/416er Sep 03 '22 edited Sep 03 '22

How long did you wait until you called the MP? He is a conservative.

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u/ZealousidealNews9256 Sep 03 '22

I waited 3 months.

Called them. Said i wasn’t able to get thru and it’s ridiculous Canadians who pay tax and additional licensing money can’t get thru to talk to someone and receive proper government service and I asked that they look into the status of my application.

They’ll send you a form to sign to give them permission to look into it for you.

Took them a week before they got around to my issue. They called me and said my license “was just on the desk and ready for approval”

Next day my online profile changed to “license issued should receive in 2 weeks” or however they word it. Got it in the mail a week later.

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u/ZealousidealNews9256 Sep 03 '22

Mind you I was also very polite, but made sure to stress that firearms owners do not deserve to basically be forgotten about.