Also from Alberta here. I don't know what stage I'm at since I can never get through on the phones but my timeline is currently:
Application received: May 4, 2022
CC Charged: Aug 1, 2022
And waiting at "completed initial review" online since then. I don't understand it man, somehow people who sent in their application over a month after me got approved already. There doesn't seem to be any consistency at all.
My Final Update:
New PAL/RPAL Alberta
Application Received - June 17
C/C Charged - Sept 2
Application approved and license issued - Sept 14
Card in hand - Sept 28
14.5 Weeks from application to card in hand
I'm in the same boat man, people who've been charged in September already have their cards in hand. Unbelievable. I had my CC charged on August 13 and still in "initial review complete".
To make matters worse I finally was able to get ahold of the CFO today and was excited expecting them to approve it on the spot like so many others - instead the lady tells me "ya we have it here, everything looks normal, it just needs to be looked at and the background check to go through, the average wait is 9 months because of our backlog so you're still well behind that timeline, if it doesn't come back in 9 months then call again".
This is so F'n infuriating.
Had a guy at work complaining about his, his initial review was completed August 2021. So its been over a year. I told him to contact the Ontario CFO and find out what's going on, and gave him the email. He's been out of the office since he sent the email on Tuesday, so I'm not sure what the result is.
That's what I am hoping...