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It's NOT a mad, mad, mad, x9, mad world

I wrote the following story last night.
This Glorious Monday morning I called CFC to check if my PAL had been ISSUED WITH A WRONG EXPIRY DATE (2016) or if I had heard it wrong.
It turns out that since my 2010 birthday had been in October, the five-year validity for the POAL starts from my NEXT birthday in 2011 (2011+5 = expiry 2016.

Quite a load off my mind.
Let the story below be an example for some people wqho might worry that their PAL expiry date is wrong, breathe a sigh of relief.,
Mon 06 Dec
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So, those who have been following (more or less) my tribulations will know that, finally, my RPAL was approved and issued on Monday 29th of November and, as per the cognoscenti, the plastic does not get printed until the following Friday (3rd of December).

So' I'm keeping my dealer in Kingston in the know about the stages of the saga. He tells me that he can ship me my handgun if he has the RPAL number and expiration date.

So I very innocently inquire with the CFO if my RPAL gets mailed to me straight from Miramichi or does it come back to me via the CFO. The CFO replies very nicely that I should be receiving my RPAL number such and such very soon.

The CFO has already given me more info than I even asked so I call the CFC and ask what the expiry on my PAL number such and such is and she tells me that it's on the anniversary of my birthday in 2016. Great. I thank her and email my dealer and he starts the Transfer and registration process and
he will not ship it until I can confirm that I have a) my plastic PAL in hand and b) the ST-ATT

Yesterday Saturday (why can't the Government offices we deal with work weekends???????????) I'm thinking of the new girl I'll be getting (A SA RoughRider in .22 cal) when I start thinking, "Shouldn't the expiration date on the PAL be five (not six) years? 2015 not 2016?"

And of course I can't contact Miramichi until tomorrow, Monday.

I'm pretty sure that I heard "2016". I wrote it down including day and month (which I should have known anyway as being my birthday).
Moreover I emailed my dealer with "Expiration date is dd mmm 2016"
and he sent in the request (as far as I know with 2016). He didn't catch it nor did I. I only thought of it yesterday, Saturday.

Now If
a) CFC made a mistake and issued a PAL valid until 2016, that PAL would look very fishy to any official who would be looking at it, (and shouldn't a mutli-million dollar computer NOT print "valid until 2016" if date of issue is 2010?)
and of course
b) IF the PAL was issued correctly (until 2015) but the Dealer's Transfer/Registration request went out with 2016, I would have to wait until I actually get it and then ask the CFO (showing them scans of the plastic PAL) that 2016 needs to be corrected to 2015.
And if the TN number/registration number needs to be changed to reflect a correction to 2015, .? What a mess.:confused:

Tomorrow seems so far away.................
 
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Dunner said:
my paperwork was received at the CFC on dec 1st, still not showing in the computer as in process. we'll see how this goes.

ryan
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If it was received as per Canada Post on the 1st (and as signed by, usually, D Brown :) ) it will show as Received on 01 DEC and your 28-day counter starts on that day, even if it shows up a week later. I know we all want to "see it" with our own eyes, so maybe you can call in on the 7th and ask if there was anything missing, very innocently.

It should be online the next day (if not the same.)

If it isn't, blame CALALTA, not me ... ;)
 
CDL18 said:
Hey Everyone!

quick question (and one that might have been answered somewhere in these 64 pages, if so, sorry)

I have had my PAL for about a year now, and just passed my RPAL course today,

All i want to know is if i still have to wait the 28 day waiting period, if i am upgrading from PAL to RPAL?

Thanks to all!
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The answer to your question is in the first post.
 
Update and Errata and ............ Hallelujah!

I was under the impression that CFC printed PALs ONLY
on Fridays.

Well, the situation seems to have changed.
My application was approved and license issued online, Monday 29 November.

I received my RPAL in the mail today (I'm just back from having gone home to collect it)

It was mailed from Miramichi on the 1st of December.

I just called to have my ST-ATT issued but at 1656 I get "Office is now closed".
Why? (Did I call)
Transfer of my restricted requested by KodiakOutpost on Friday 3rd and approved Monday 6th.

Double Hallelujah!!!!!!!:D
 
Unusual???

Sent my application in via registered mail on Nov 5/10. It was received in Mirimachi Nov 8, online Nov 15. I called on Nov 24 to check on the status and was informed it was waiting for the 28 days to end. I asked about the interviews and was told the same thing again, at which point I politely thanked the lady and ended the call. Checked online today and found that my licence has been issued, 28 days after it was received, with no interviews of myself or my references! Seems a little strange, given the problems others have had, however I am definitely not complaining. Another week or so for the licence and I can go pick up my new toy!!!
 
calalta said:
Congrats. It seems lots of PAL apps get approved without interviews now. Restricted PAL apps always get called.
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You're right. My brother applied for NR-PAL; I was a reference. I never got called and he got his plastic. For my R-PAL I called and my two references one called and the other was my brother (yes the same one) away, in Egypt, for a vacation. However, I called Miramichi on a Monday morning (29 Nov.) to give them his latest phone number. 30 minutes later my license was issued Online and mailed two days later on the 1st of December.
 
so a final on my schedule:
passed pal/rpal exams july 25th.
3 months later I got my stamped results back on october 25th
application + tests received in NB on october 28th
licence in the mail 28 days later on november 25th
got it in the mail from the CFO december 6th.

thanks for the guide, saved me a lot of time. CFO's stamping didn't help the wait though.
 
Witchdoctor said:
I had my interview today. So now it's just two more steps (refs) and then the final waiting, and with any luck I'll be pissing off some fiberals and NDPers:cool:
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Ask your refs to call.
If the RCMP calls them and gets a greeting without a name (THE name of the ref) they will not leave a voicemail and will send them a snailmail letter asking them to call back.
 
Thanks for the tips. I sent my application papers and "mug" shot in Nov 9 registered mail. My aplication showed online a week later. Was planning on calling in 2 weeks after they received the app but a few days after my application showing up online, it disappeared from the web site. I called in to see if there was a problem with my aplication... went through confirming my identity, the person checked the website and assured me there was no problem with the application and suggested I do the interview while I was on the phone anyway.
After the interview I got the file number of my aplication and had my refferences call in... 3 hours later, all the interviews were complete.

Yesterday was day 28... I checked the status online and it had changed to "Approved". Now I'll be eagerly standing by my mail box like a kid waiting for his "Red Rider Super Secret Decoder Ring".

Total time EXACTLY 28 days.
 
Where the HECK is my CFSC certificate!?!? Instructor said he would send them out first thing on the Monday(Nov 15)I would never have believed this is the longest thing I am waiting for. I've already got my letter saying that I did not include proof of passing the course from the RCMP. Once I get it, I can fax it in and have my refs call in to initiate their interviews. My 28 day "cool down" period started Nov 18th.

I know, I'm being impatient...:runaway:
 
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