PAL Wait Time
- Thread starter rgh470
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Card in hand 08-02-19.
CARD RECEIVED!!! Woohoo!!! So once again to recap (I guess those printers finally got fixed..?)
First Time Applicant in BC for any type of firearms license, no boxes checked, no criminal history ever.
•PAL/RPAL Mailed June 17
•Received June 21
•RCMP Charged $80- July 10
•Application processed and licensed issued-July 23rd
•Card received in Mail! Aug 8
Sounds pretty spot on schedule-wise/timing-wise with some other recent posters on here...
Time to drop a few grand!! Woohoo!!
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It’s been really helpful and reassuring to read most people’s experiences on here- so thanks for posting folks!
Just one last question/thing I’m uncertain about if someone can help:
Assuming I were to buy my first restricted piece online in Canada (opposed to in a store) does the merchant take care of getting me my ATT? Or do I need to call? Is it attached electronically to my .0001 card or do I have to wait to be sent a 0.002 card to be mailed out to me after the online purchase? Can someone *please* explain this obtaining ATT process to me?
Thanks guys and gals~
-Jay
Just one last question/thing I’m uncertain about if someone can help:
Assuming I were to buy my first restricted piece online in Canada (opposed to in a store) does the merchant take care of getting me my ATT? Or do I need to call? Is it attached electronically to my .0001 card or do I have to wait to be sent a 0.002 card to be mailed out to me after the online purchase? Can someone *please* explain this obtaining ATT process to me?
Thanks guys and gals~
-Jay
It's automatic when the firearm is registered to you. The Ontario CFO assured me that the conditions are "attached" to my license electronically and that I don't have to wait for the new card. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to call your CFO when you get the gun and confirm that.
Siphonophoid
New member
- Location
- Foothills, AB
Congrats to everyone getting their PAL recently. Seems like quite a few. Perhaps they're printing back up to full speed? I received my card only a week after calling and inquiring about it, being told it hadn't been printed yet, even. I was fully expecting another 2-3 weeks.
Welp, now to go broke buying a million things!
Welp, now to go broke buying a million things!
June 1st & 2nd 2019
-Took FSESCO PAL/RPAL Course
June 28th
-Received Stamped FSESCO course PAL/RPAL paperwork
-Mailed RCMP 5592 form with signatures, stamped paper work, and signed picture
July 19th
-Received a credit card charge of $80
-Checked the RCMP License Application Status (Application received on July 3rd)
July 31st
-License has been issued
August 9th
-Received license in hand!!
70 days from start to finish!!
-Took FSESCO PAL/RPAL Course
June 28th
-Received Stamped FSESCO course PAL/RPAL paperwork
-Mailed RCMP 5592 form with signatures, stamped paper work, and signed picture
July 19th
-Received a credit card charge of $80
-Checked the RCMP License Application Status (Application received on July 3rd)
July 31st
-License has been issued
August 9th
-Received license in hand!!
70 days from start to finish!!
Thanks for clarifying that! I went down to Reliable Gun in Vancouver and was impressed because they were willing to price-match my purchase to the prices listed on gotenda.com. I already have 3-4 other restricted pieces and one non restricted piece in mind- but for my very first: Beretta 92FS INOX (love the full stainless finish!) and always thought it felt perfect in my paw at the range! I also picked up some locks, an extra Mec-Gar mag, a case of 1000 Blazer Brass 9mm 124gr and 100 rounds of 9mm Sellier & Bellot 115gr at the clerk’s recommendation (I asked him what his favourite 9mm ammo was, if he had one).
I was really stoked he price matched everything to gotenda- can’t wait for my papers/to finally go pick it up!
- Location
- Prince George, BC
*update*
My PAL arrived in the mail today.
44 days from when they received my application.
My spouse never did call about hers, it's still sitting "in progress". I think we might wait and see how long hers takes to go "naturally" since I called in and had mine approved over the phone.
Now to go spend some money.
On our list is:
Glock G22 .40 S&W (for her future job)
Tikka T3x lite .308
Winchester XPR .308
Keystone Crickett .22LR (for the kids)
and countless others im sure!
Embarrassing timeline from BC:
Nov 4/5 2017: CFSC for PAL and RPAL is taken
Nov 6 2017: Course results and application with credit card information mailed
Nov 11 2017: Received
Shortly after: "Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress. Please check the status again at a later date." Along with credit card being charged.
I call into the CFO monthly and get everything from "your application has gone on for secondary review", "we're experiencing a high application intake", to "please be patient, it shouldn't be much longer". I even enquired saying my instructor told me I could, myself as well as my references, call the CFO and request to be interviewed to help the process along. To which the provincial CFO office replied "in all my years of working here, I've never heard of anyone saying that. If the CFO needs to interview you or your references, they will do so, but you cannot just call in". Every time I call in, if it has been 30+ days from my last call, they will apparently give a note to the CFO informing them that I have called to enquire about my application status. Either they're lazy, don't care, blind, or are burying my application under all these new applicants.
I did have a peace bond issued to me a number of years ago, which I did disclose in my application and stated that if there is any further information they would like from me, to not hesitate to contact me.
Anywho, skip to summer 2019: Still waiting.
I read a forum of someone from Alberta applying, moving provinces, but updating the CFO, and they waited 30 months. That's madness. I hope I don't have to wait much longer. Duck season is quickly approaching.
Any further advice on how to move my application along?
Nov 4/5 2017: CFSC for PAL and RPAL is taken
Nov 6 2017: Course results and application with credit card information mailed
Nov 11 2017: Received
Shortly after: "Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress. Please check the status again at a later date." Along with credit card being charged.
I call into the CFO monthly and get everything from "your application has gone on for secondary review", "we're experiencing a high application intake", to "please be patient, it shouldn't be much longer". I even enquired saying my instructor told me I could, myself as well as my references, call the CFO and request to be interviewed to help the process along. To which the provincial CFO office replied "in all my years of working here, I've never heard of anyone saying that. If the CFO needs to interview you or your references, they will do so, but you cannot just call in". Every time I call in, if it has been 30+ days from my last call, they will apparently give a note to the CFO informing them that I have called to enquire about my application status. Either they're lazy, don't care, blind, or are burying my application under all these new applicants.
I did have a peace bond issued to me a number of years ago, which I did disclose in my application and stated that if there is any further information they would like from me, to not hesitate to contact me.
Anywho, skip to summer 2019: Still waiting.
I read a forum of someone from Alberta applying, moving provinces, but updating the CFO, and they waited 30 months. That's madness. I hope I don't have to wait much longer. Duck season is quickly approaching.
Any further advice on how to move my application along?
- Location
- Prince George, BC
I can't help but think this may have put your application under unnecessary scrutiny. Unless it expired less than 5 years ago I wouldn't have mentioned it at all. I Had something similar but it had expired just over 5 years ago and I was quick to say "no" on that question on the application, and as seen above my application was completed in 45 days.
Does anyone know, if your application is denied do they actually send a denial notice? Or do the just keep you in limbo for months/years until your application can be approved or...?
I keep being told that it's still under review and they will send a note to the CFO informing them that I've called. They haven't said that it was denied. So I'm holding on hope that they are actually reviewing it. I am glad that they are actually screening people and doing their due-diligence, but nearly 2 years? At the very least, call me, let me know where you're at. Ask me questions, give me an update. Just something more than "It's still in for review, be patient".
Update2: Got the .0002 version of printed card today (12 Aug) with conditions for the restricted.
Time decide upon a shooting range. Can someone get me introduced to the Georgetown revolver club? It is the closest but dont have waiting list or new memberships. Only current members are allowed to bring guests..
I took the non-restricted course in early May.
Received: May 28
Cheque cashed: Sometime in June
August 13: In progress
I have a squeaky clean past, married for almost 10 years. What a ridiculous process.
I'm holding a firearm as an executor of my father's will in order to give it to myself as beneficiary of the will. The law says I can hold the firearm as executor for "a reasonable period of time". What am I supposed to do about the unreasonable wait?
Received: May 28
Cheque cashed: Sometime in June
August 13: In progress
I have a squeaky clean past, married for almost 10 years. What a ridiculous process.
I'm holding a firearm as an executor of my father's will in order to give it to myself as beneficiary of the will. The law says I can hold the firearm as executor for "a reasonable period of time". What am I supposed to do about the unreasonable wait?
I'm not a lawyer but I would think the unreasonable wait is on them, and you waiting for them, however long they take, is reasonable.
Got my RPAL yesterday in the post. Did the PAL and RPAL courses at the end of May and did all applications as soon as I could (when course results came back etc). Just bought a gun safe, put a deposit on the new GSG 16 .22 and am shopping for a nice, accurate 9mm that both me and the wife can use.
Update:
I called the CFO of Manitoba's office today. After verifying my info, the person said that applications are processed in the order received, but they could check if they had all the required information. After checking, they told me they had everything they needed and that my license was approved, apparently on the spot.
Sure enough I checked my status online and it now approved and will be mailed shortly.
So absolutely call your local office if you are experiencing a delay, it seems to get things moving quickly.
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Hi all - I'm new to the forum, so thought I'd start tracking my PAL wait time as an introduction. Growing up in a hunting family, I did my non-restricted course in 1999 when I was 12 years old. Despite this, I've never submitted my PAL application. Between university, starting a career / family and pursuing a masters degree, I didn't have much time for hobbies outside of my profession. Now, 20 years later, I'm finally looking to purchase a firearm. I really didn't realize the application process would take more than the 28 days referenced on the application package, but after reading this thread, it sounds like it may take much longer.
CFSC (Non-Restricted) - 11/04/1999
Application Delivered to Miramichi - 08/14/2019
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CFSC (Non-Restricted) - 11/04/1999
Application Delivered to Miramichi - 08/14/2019
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