PAL Wait Time

wannabejohnwick said:
Called the Ontario office on Friday and they told me that just completed new applications received from week of March 1st. My app was received on the 26th and was told to follow up in two weeks if it wasn’t in the system by then.
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What number did you call Ontario Office? I called them many times but it went straight to voicemail. 705-329-5522 is the number that I called in. Thanks
 
Anyone get their physical license recently? If so when did you get approved? Trying to figure out how far back with printing they are....
 
I called cfo ontario and finally someone answered the phone. She told me that my application is on background check and that is Peels Police doing it. I called the number and extension that she gave me but it always go to voicemail. My application was received on Dec-19-2019 and visa charged on Jan-08-2020.
 
Does anyone know how long a wait to get into the system it is after your credit card is charged? I have been waiting a couple weeks to see it appear in the system. TIA
 
Just thought I'd add my personal experience so far.

I sent my application on March 23rd.
Arrived at Miramichi March 26th.
Today July 16 my credit card was charged.
No information yet on the RCMP website.
 
palapp123 said:
Does anyone know how long a wait to get into the system it is after your credit card is charged? I have been waiting a couple weeks to see it appear in the system. TIA
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Mine appeared in the system the day my credit card was charged on March 9th, 2020. My application status hasn’t changed since— even to this day of July 17th, 2020.
 
gunis said:
no card , is has been 2 weeks .
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Hey, I gotta say the Ontario CFO is super helpful. They actually give you time lines and information etc.

Here is what i got:

It's now the massive printer that is trying to catch up. A max it can print 2000 cards a day, but it is currently 40,000 cards behind. I believe it is somewhere early to mid June for printing.
As it is your first licence you need to wait for the card to be legal to do anything.
Kathryn
 
Just FYI that, once you have your PAL number, you can purchase whatever you want, even before having the card. You just can't take firearms anywhere.

VortexDr said:
Hey, I gotta say the Ontario CFO is super helpful. They actually give you time lines and information etc.

Here is what i got:

It's now the massive printer that is trying to catch up. A max it can print 2000 cards a day, but it is currently 40,000 cards behind. I believe it is somewhere early to mid June for printing.
As it is your first licence you need to wait for the card to be legal to do anything.
Kathryn
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Application Received on: 2020-01-16

Current Status: Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress. Please check the status again at a later date.

Credit card was also charged in Jan 2020

Covid closed it all down.

When i mailed the CFO back in june they mailed me back and said my application was flagged for futher review as in a background check.

How long does this check usually take?

I do see another person who posted bck a few pages ago waiting since Dec 2019 with similar issue waiting for a background check.

I wish to go hunting if possible for deer this year, if no Pal i guess i will go Bow hunting, but it still be nice to have the option to use a rifle incase i not get with a Bow.
 
Champagne said:
Mine appeared in the system the day my credit card was charged on March 9th, 2020. My application status hasn’t changed since— even to this day of July 17th, 2020.
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Does it say "Received" or "passed initial processing". Because mine just says received and it's been a while.
 
Champagne said:
“Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress. Please check the status again at a later date.”
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Ok, mine has been saying "Your application has been received. It is currently being processed. Please check the status again at a later date." since early July, wondering if I should be concerned why it's not completing the initial processing for so long.
 
povilas said:
Ok, mine has been saying "Your application has been received. It is currently being processed. Please check the status again at a later date." since early July, wondering if I should be concerned why it's not completing the initial processing for so long.
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When you see that the next step is initial processing stage, basically when your credit card is charged usually it will change to initial processing.

Issue after thay stage u are usually required to wait 45 days if Pal and longer if Rpal... issue many have been waiting months and months and months and months and months to be approved.

If ir flagged for a background check u could be waiting forever as long as they wish. Some have waited months to years without a background check..

This has been an issue for years and years for people trying to get a gun licence in canada.

Now that being said some or many get their licences in 3 months or less why i do not know why some poof get fast why others wait months or years.
 
I mailed cfo again last night about my application and i now am waiting for a reply all i can suggest is you do the same for your application in your province.
 
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Xobeman said:
When you see that the next step is initial processing stage, basically when your credit card is charged usually it will change to initial processing.

Issue after thay stage u are usually required to wait 45 days if Pal and longer if Rpal... issue many have been waiting months and months and months and months and months to be approved.

If ir flagged for a background check u could be waiting forever as long as they wish. Some have waited months to years without a background check..

This has been an issue for years and years for people trying to get a gun licence in canada.

Now that being said some or many get their licences in 3 months or less why i do not know why some poof get fast why others wait months or years.
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Yeah, I keep seeing that people go straight to "completed initial processing" my card was charged and then it just says received. So I guess I am one of the "lucky" ones that will wait months for this :( . I just saw someone that was approved a couple of weeks after the CC charge.
 
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