Shorten PAL Approval Times

Looks like I am on the home stretch! Gonna be asking my instructor to give his buddy Wyatt a nudge.

June 2nd - Courses passed
June 5th - Application sent from Grand Falls, NB
June 7th - CFP received application
July 4th - Phoned CFP and was told to phone back next week. Also, received test results from CFO
July 8th - Credit card charged $80 fee
July 9 - August 7th - 2 calls a week, every call has been, "Your application is still in the beginning stage, you will be contacted when it's finished."
August 8th - Application finally shows up online, initial processing completed. Phoned the CFP and was told they should shortly be ready to contact me for interview.
August 13th - Phoned in and was told they were ready to interview me. Interview done and was told to get my references to phone in. One reference phoned in.
August 14th - Reference two phoned in.
August 15th - Phoned CFP for status, was told the the CFO has it, final approval pending.
 
June 14th pal/ rpal application recieved in mirimichi
august 14th my interview and 1st reference done
august 15th 2nd reference interview done
august 15th license issued as per online cfo site
stoked
 
Sent my application in at the beginning of June and received my PAL in the mail today.
Two and a half months, i'm not complaining.
 
Merck said:
Called yesterday, exactly 6 weeks after they received the application and 3 weeks after taking the money. Still in the beginning stages. Sigh.
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It's taken two months for my paperwork to flow through the CFP, and I'm still waiting for the CFO to do the final approval. Gonna feel like the longest weekend of my life...and I hope it's just this weekend. 63 days if it's (miraculously) approved on Monday.
 
GunnyHighway said:
It's taken two months for my paperwork to flow through the CFP, and I'm still waiting for the CFO to do the final approval. Gonna feel like the longest weekend of my life...and I hope it's just this weekend. 63 days if it's (miraculously) approved on Monday.
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ya I know the feeling , I sent my papers in on June 15 and they got the papers on the 19th now its August 16th already and I phoned on Wednesday and the lady told me they are working on my applications and I should get a phone call very soon for the Interview , lol I wonder what soon is lol I know the feeling lol
 
trev82 said:
ya I know the feeling , I sent my papers in on June 15 and they got the papers on the 19th now its August 16th already and I phoned on Wednesday and the lady told me they are working on my applications and I should get a phone call very soon for the Interview , lol I wonder what soon is lol I know the feeling lol
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Phone them in 3 days. My application appeared online Tuesday of this week so I phoned and they said I could do my interviews soon. I phoned yesterday and they transferred me immediately to do my interview.
 
I sent in my app on July 5th, and just noticed that they charged my credit card on Aug. 8th. It's still not online yet as of today Aug 17. I haven't called in or anything at this point, I'll probably do that on Monday and see where it's at.
 
OK Heres a quick update from my post July 26 (I didnt copy the whole thing...)

-Took and passed course May 25th/26th
-course report mailed by instructor Mon May 27th to Ontario CFO
-course report stamped June 6 by Ontario CFO, received back to me via mail June 14th
-RPal application signed and mailed (via Purolator) June 14th - had it ready to go and I waited for original copy of stamped course report to come back to go with the application.
-application delivered and signed for at CFC Miramichi on June 18th
-checked online on the RCMP CFC website on average every other day or two after I got the delivery receipt by email from Purolator. Only thing I saw was from my previous application renewal from 2009. Nothing new appeared online until the morning of July2nd
-starting July 2nd, the status on RCMP CFC site says received "June 24th". Old info from 2009 was replaced by this new message.
-called weekly since July 2nd and get the feedback, "application scanned and in process, but not ready to conduct interviews" - I do have an application number and reference that each time I call, as well as my existing NR-PAL number.
-references have each called in during the week of July 15th, quoted the application number I gave them and both got "not ready for interviews yet, call back in a couple of weeks"
-credit card charged July 15th for application fees
-decided to call in today, July 26th, on a Friday (from what I read, Fridays are a processing and printing day....) to shake things up a bit. Asked if they had everything they need, if there were any errors or omissions. The nice CFC clerk said she would review, and this time, the entire application was visible to her and she reviewed all 5 pages with me, confirmed the photo and test results. She even confirmed the credit card transaction was approved and applied to the account. I'm thinking, "wow this is progress!!" and was hoping I could do the interview, but, the reply was "still not ready for interviews yet, maybe another week".
-called in Aug 7th, clerk told me "we are just starting to process. Its been scanned, not ready for interviews." I verified with her that everything is complete and accurate and she confirmed that it is complete and they need nothing further from me at this time.
-called in Aug 13th, clerk said "not ready for interviews, she said to check online and when the wording changes from "in process" to "Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress." you can call in for interviews.
-checked Aug 17th online, application status still says "your application has been received, and is in the initial processing phase (or something like that...)"
-checked today Aug 19, application status now says "Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress." Im going to call in for my interview today.

Lets see what happens....
 
Mac0607 said:
Phone them in 3 days. My application appeared online Tuesday of this week so I phoned and they said I could do my interviews soon. I phoned yesterday and they transferred me immediately to do my interview.
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Ya I phoned on wednsday afternoon and the lady told me the prosessing is done and they are working on my aplications and I should see a phone call soon for my interview , I am gona phone on Thursday afternoon
 
Yay my license has been issued. Here is my timeline for anyone that cares.

June 17 - Received by CFP
August 13 - Appears online, call the same day and I'm told my interviews will be ready soon
August 16 - My first reference and I call in
August 19 - Second reference called in and my license was issued immediately after

Looking back in hindsight I guess it wasn't too bad of a wait.
 
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