PAL Wait Time

[Diagger]

Hey, also Alberta here and created this account just to ask you: They also approved me on the phone when I called, how long after that did you get your PAL card in the mail? They approved me a couple weeks ago and I still don't have it and the status on the RCMP website still says "We have completed the initial review" just as it has for months.

Alright so mine was approved today. Applied May 17th and went to "Initial Review" same day.

After two months I called the RCMP who said it was at ACFO. Emailed ACFO and got a response two weeks late that it was actually at the NB RCMP Support Team office.

Called RCMP last week. It was at the ACFO office for sure this time with no flags they could see.

I went to the Olds gun show on Saturday just to find the ACFO. They said they would take my application from "the big pile" and work on it this week.

So that to me suggests there may be no queue. Once it hits an office it goes in a pile and is just luck on when and who grabs it from processing.

Any lead times on getting the card? Just another two weeks...

[The Gun Nut]

Hello friends,

I'm from Ontario and I applied for PAL only 3 weeks ago through snail mail.
I checked no boxes and I attached a Letter of Good Conduct from Germany, since I'm a newcomer.
Does anyone know how and when I can track my application? Do I need to call them?

A quick update:

May 10th: Took the course.

July 1st: Received the results.

July 17th: My mail application was received by RCMP.

Aug 1st: My credit card was charged. My application was trackable online for the first time.
My status was and still is: "We have completed the initial review of your firearms license application. If additional information is required, you will be contacted. Please check the status again at a later date."

Aug 15th: I emailed the CFO, and they replied on the same day:
Thank you for your email. Your application has been forwarded to us at the Chief Firearms Office for standard review. At this time, we are not able to provide a date of completion. Please expect a 6-month delay from the date received by the Canadian Firearm Program *2023/07/17* for initial review.
You can check the status of your application online here: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firearms/individual-web-services

I hope the wait time isn't actually 6 months!

[nitroxace]

I did my PAL renewal online on July 15 and received it today on August 15. I am in Ontario.

[TheWayOfTheWind]

A quick update:

May 10th: Took the course.

July 1st: Received the results.

July 17th: My mail application was received by RCMP.

Aug 1st: My credit card was charged. My application was trackable online for the first time.
My status was and still is: "We have completed the initial review of your firearms license application. If additional information is required, you will be contacted. Please check the status again at a later date."

Aug 15th: I emailed the CFO, and they replied on the same day:
Thank you for your email. Your application has been forwarded to us at the Chief Firearms Office for standard review. At this time, we are not able to provide a date of completion. Please expect a 6-month delay from the date received by the Canadian Firearm Program *2023/07/17* for initial review.
You can check the status of your application online here: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/firear...l-web-services

I hope the wait time isn't actually 6 months!

6 months is nothing nowadays, you see more and more people waiting up to 2 years.

[Jonny Rotten]

Applied November 2022, came in the mail 2 weeks ago, it took me pushing my MP twice to get it rolling.

[desert spider]

R-Pal applied from BC

Application received on 2023-05-02

Received an email on Monday asking if the reason for restricted was still target shooting, I responded "YES" and today this is what the site reads:

Updated yesterday:
Current status: Your application has been processed and your licence has been issued. If you have not received your licence within 2 weeks please contact the Canadian Firearms Program Toll Free number (1-800-731-4000).

[liuchen37]

Hi folks! New person here in QC, I'm still waiting for my PAL and I would like to share my timeline:

23/07/2023: CFSC in-person class, theory & practical exams
28/07/2023: CFSC pass result received
31/07/2023: Quebec IHF completed
01/08/2023: Paper application posted
03/08/2023: Delivered, waiting game starts…
14/08/2023: Credit card charged
15/08/2023: On portal: We have completed the initial review of your firearms licence application blablabla...

[greatwhite]

9 Months waiting for my son to get his adult PAL, he has had a PAL for people under 18 since he was 12.

[ld16778]

Hi guys, I got my license today and here is my timeline. I'm in BC.

June 29-30, 2023: took CFSC&CRFSC courses
July 05, 2023: Mailed out PAL&RPAL application
July 10, 2023: Mail delivered
July 20, 2023: Credit card charged.
Checked Status on the website: We have completed the initial review of your firearms licence application.......
August 07, 2023: Checked again online, and it changed to "Your application has been processed and your licence has been issued. If you have not received your licence within 2 weeks please contact the Canadian Firearms Program Toll-Free number (1-800-731-4000)"
August 16, 2023: received the license in the mail. and the issued date was August 10.

[Bubashvaba]

Oh wow that's a good timeline, I waited 11 months for my PAL/RPAL to come in, sent my stuff out Sept 2022 and just received my license 3 weeks ago... also did my courses and sent my application from Vanc Island