Shorten PAL Approval Times

My application was received 12/22, after I knew I passed but before I got my test results. Once I got my results (early Jan) I faxed in my papers and waited a week. I called back to confirm they got everything. I called in Thursday of last week and they told me to have my reference call in which he did that day. I called back yesterday and they told me that everything is good on their end, they are sending their approval to the CFO in Ontario for the final approval. I expect that the site will show approval next week. AWESOME! Now, how do I convince the wife to start shooting with me and for her to want a gun? She says she's "ok" with it but would prefer not to have a gun in the house. I want to show her that they're safe when handled correctly. I'm pretty excited!
 
They received mine feb 4th. Not been billed yet, I have the patience of a 4 year old with a sugar rush, this thread makes my heart ache.
 
smutty said:
My application was received 12/22, after I knew I passed but before I got my test results. Once I got my results (early Jan) I faxed in my papers and waited a week. I called back to confirm they got everything. I called in Thursday of last week and they told me to have my reference call in which he did that day. I called back yesterday and they told me that everything is good on their end, they are sending their approval to the CFO in Ontario for the final approval. I expect that the site will show approval next week. AWESOME! Now, how do I convince the wife to start shooting with me and for her to want a gun? She says she's "ok" with it but would prefer not to have a gun in the house. I want to show her that they're safe when handled correctly. I'm pretty excited!
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Mine was received 12/18 and I was approved today, I was a pain in the ass though. The last week or so I called almost daily and Monday I called referencing the standards page and asked to formally know why I was so far past the service standard, two days later my license issued...Actually the CFO called me
 
B33Sting said:
I got approved today and called in and asked for my PAL number saying I wanted to use it to start a transfer on a restricted and they said no prob and gave it to me with my expiry...

Also, I ordered my AR today and the guy took my number to see if it was in his system and confirmed I was good to go...Then I ordered an SKS from another company with no issues, now I'm shopping for a pistol, I'm in heaven
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Well, yay for getting conflicting information from Miramichi.
 
Sad thingis it made no difference
B33Sting said:
Mine was received 12/18 and I was approved today, I was a pain in the ass though. The last week or so I called almost daily and Monday I called referencing the standards page and asked to formally know why I was so far past the service standard, two days later my license issued...Actually the CFO called me
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rikkards said:
Sad thingis it made no difference
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Well when I called am Monday they said 7 more days to scan my pic, then I called in the afternoon said I wasn't happy with the response I got in the am and asked for an official response as to why I was so far passed the service standard and two days later my licence was issued. I'd say it did make a difference.

I actually posted on Monday in this thread about the extra 7 days they said it would take. I think they are over run with applications and short staffed and I think the squeaky wheel gets the grease as they say. I may be wrong and got lucky but who knows.
 
B33Sting said:
Mine was received 12/18 and I was approved today, I was a pain in the ass though. The last week or so I called almost daily and Monday I called referencing the standards page and asked to formally know why I was so far past the service standard, two days later my license issued...Actually the CFO called me
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What did the CFO say?
 
B33Sting said:
Just to tell me they approved me andy card was being printed and sent today
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Maybe we should create a new thread on how long it takes between being issued and actually arriving in your mail box :D

Seriously though I wonder if there is a backlog on the cards actually getting to the recipient. We should add that into our stats.
 
rikkards said:
Maybe we should create a new thread on how long it takes between being issued and actually arriving in your mail box :D

Seriously though I wonder if there is a backlog on the cards actually getting to the recipient. We should add that into our stats.
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mine said approved on their website at the beginning of september and i received it in the mail on september 16th... so approximately 2 weeks.
 
danyuld said:
I think it certainly makes a difference after 45 days to ask why we are so far over service standard and reason why. Im at 45 days today, and i doubt ill see any action this week, but mid week next week ill be asking the same thing in the nicest way possible of course. I already hinted to her at 42 days that i knew we would be missing services standards... - lets all remember that word too "service"
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They also don't guarantee it, odds are the reason they have it there is to stop people calling all the time. It's more of a PFO until after the 45 day period
 
For those whose apps were received in Miramichi on/around January 23, are you online yet?

Ontario
May 21, 2014 - Took SFSC and SRFSC courses
June 17, 2014 - Received official results
January 21, 2015 - Mailed application w/ results
January 23, 2015 - Application delivered
February 12, 2015 - Credit card charged
 
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