PAL Wait Time

application received on: 2019 DEC 13
charged 80 on 2020 Jan 07
current status( 2021 Jan 14):Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress. Please check the status again at a later date.
I CALL 4000 NUMBER EVERY MONTH,THEY SAID " be patient "
I haven't received it until today, AT BC
WHAT SHOULD I DO ?????? DOES ANYONE HAVE SAME SXXT SITUATION LIKE ME ?
 
AB PAL applicant
Sept 15 - mailed application via standard Canada Post.
Sept 21 - application received.
Jan 12 - CC charged and status visible online same day.
Jan 15 - licence issued!
Now just waiting to receive the card in the mail.
 
AB PAL applicant
Sept 15 - mailed application via standard Canada Post.
Sept 21 - application received.
Jan 12 - CC charged and status visible online same day.
Jan 15 - licence issued!
Now just waiting to receive the card in the mail.

Congratulations
How long it will take to get the card in the mail?
 
I didnt send my application via registered post or use a stamp with the provided envelope. I hated that i did this and didnt know better.

I did however have a look and saw that my cc was charged today and my applicayion has now passed initial processing.

App sent: sept 1
Received: sept 24
Cc charged: jan 15
 
application received on: 2019 DEC 13
charged 80 on 2020 Jan 07
current status( 2021 Jan 14):Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress. Please check the status again at a later date.
I CALL 4000 NUMBER EVERY MONTH,THEY SAID " be patient "
I haven't received it until today, AT BC
WHAT SHOULD I DO ?????? DOES ANYONE HAVE SAME SXXT SITUATION LIKE ME ?

what do you mean, "I haven't received it until today"? You got your PAL today (Jan 14 2021) or as of that date still no pal? i assume the second one.

As they said, be patient. Did you have any boxes checked? anything on CPIC? They say COVID added 4+ months to the process.
I am in BC, mine took 19 months. March 21 2019 received. April 11 2019. CC charged. October 29 2020 issued. Nov 06 2020 - RPAL received in mail.

do call them but not every week. Every 30-45 days. I am pretty sure i would still be waiting if i did not call in on Oct 29.
 
Can't believe this myself but an update on this. 9 days after my payment was processed I got my renewal card in the mail!

Wow. At least the online renewal process is incredibly efficient! Can’t wait to be able to make use of that. But I’ve got to receive my R/PAL in the first place to be able to renew. 😉
 
what do you mean, "I haven't received it until today"? You got your PAL today (Jan 14 2021) or as of that date still no pal? i assume the second one.

As they said, be patient. Did you have any boxes checked? anything on CPIC? They say COVID added 4+ months to the process.
I am in BC, mine took 19 months. March 21 2019 received. April 11 2019. CC charged. October 29 2020 issued. Nov 06 2020 - RPAL received in mail.

do call them but not every week. Every 30-45 days. I am pretty sure i would still be waiting if i did not call in on Oct 29.


19 months!? Dang. Seems to be fairly consistent 4mlnths reading through some of the previous posts. But who knows what goes on in the minds of the rcmp
 
Can't believe this myself but an update on this. 9 days after my payment was processed I got my renewal card in the mail!

Some members here got the same timeline with their first application ever. They got approved in 2 days after the cc got charged, after a week the license was in their mailbox 📬
 
Quebec Here:

Received: 22 Sept 2020 (non registered, regular mail)
CC charged : 13 Jan 2021

Still waiting for card issuance. No boxes checked.
I bought a house so my DL/Health Card are at new address (for insurance reasons) and havent moved in yet. Nothing else is at the new address though and application reflects old address, we'll see how that goes.
 
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My son's application timeline:
Location: Alberta
Application Type: PAL/RPAL
Application Received on: 2020-09-23
Status visible online: 2021-01-14
License Issued: 2021-01-18

End to end, his application got processed 5 days faster than mine.
 
It's been 10 days since the cc got charged and nothing yet, didn't check any box and I have clean recored. I guess I have to be patient.
 
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