I submitted for mine on April 12 and just checked yesterday it's been issued! First time PAL, Ontario
applied start of april and still no update
Lucky. You got approved in exactly 28 days.
For me:
Feb. 17 - CFSC
Mar. 25 - CFSC result arrived by mail (38 days)
Mar. 26 - PAL application submitted
Mar. 28 - All references signed, email recieved confirming application submitted for processing
What province?
That's the question I would like to ask how early we need to apply for license renewal thx
I applied pretty much exactly at 6months before expiration and it doesn’t seem like it did speed up anything :/
My wife sent in her PAL renewal application on April 16th from BC, she received her new PAL about five weeks later on May 21st.
Can't complain about that.
FWIW, I had a rather pleasant experience obtaining my PAL, despite some fears it might take a very long time or that my application even would be denied.
Overall, it took about 6 weeks (Ontario, online application). Started the application at the beginning of April. I had to use international references, because I landed in Canada (from Europe) late 2022 and obviously do not know any Canadian for longer than 3 years yet. But that seemed not to be a problem. They required a police clearance / certificate of conduct from back where I lived before, though.