I spoke to Ontario CFO office today and was told that they are now processing June 1. I have a bunch in queue, first one being June 2. She told me the transfers will take about three months from initiation!! So My June 2 will be ready September 2!! Good grief!
Update On Ontario Restricted Transfer Times
- Thread starter pygmalion2020
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I hope everyone is submitting a polite complaint through the Ombudsman in Ontario...
The main point to emphasize is that other provinces are completing these transfers in a much timelier manner & they need to staff up the CFO in ON. Canadians are supposed to have access to equivalent gov service levels & Ontario is absolutely failing in this regard.
Seems like there’s A LOT of people waiting on multiple transfers, it also seems ridiculous and especially inefficient for the CFO to not process all pending transfers for a given PAL holder as they go. One would think that would speed up clearing the back log considerably.
Ugh, government ineptitude is f’ing frustrating.
You will receive a big long email asking for more information, with one key sentence at the bottom:
"Please be aware that given our Office’s role and function, we are unable to speed up, or otherwise change the prioritization of your CFO transfer application."
So other than showing a large group of citizens upset, it will not speed up our transfers. Still important to do it so they understand that we are not happy.
machohugeaxe
Regular
- Location
- Peel Region, Ontario
Man we have not gotten many completion #s at ALL in the last couple of days.
Sent just now to: https://correspondence.premier.gov.on.ca/en/feedback/default.aspx
To Premier Ford,
I amongst many other Ontario citizens are waiting for firearms to be transferred at the Chief Firearms Office. I was told today that the processing time is approximately three months. This is absolutely unacceptable. I am CPIC'd every single day in order to maintain my license. What is the hold up? Ontario was unreasonably slow prior to the surge in purchases after the federal government announcement, but now this is ridiculous. I was also told that transfers are being processed in the order in which they were received. This seems inefficient considering a large number of clients have more than one transfer on the go; why not complete the entire batch for one client as they process in order? This would save a huge pile of time and precious financial resources. In my particular instance processing my transfers all at once would save 6 different sets of transactions and reviews. I have been waiting since June 2. It is now July 21. Please get something in place to get things moving! Time is absolutely of the essence given what lies ahead for those of use that are law-abiding firearms owners!
I have already written about this once and have not received a response, nor seen any processing improvements.
Regards,
Not sure if it will help....
To Premier Ford,
I amongst many other Ontario citizens are waiting for firearms to be transferred at the Chief Firearms Office. I was told today that the processing time is approximately three months. This is absolutely unacceptable. I am CPIC'd every single day in order to maintain my license. What is the hold up? Ontario was unreasonably slow prior to the surge in purchases after the federal government announcement, but now this is ridiculous. I was also told that transfers are being processed in the order in which they were received. This seems inefficient considering a large number of clients have more than one transfer on the go; why not complete the entire batch for one client as they process in order? This would save a huge pile of time and precious financial resources. In my particular instance processing my transfers all at once would save 6 different sets of transactions and reviews. I have been waiting since June 2. It is now July 21. Please get something in place to get things moving! Time is absolutely of the essence given what lies ahead for those of use that are law-abiding firearms owners!
I have already written about this once and have not received a response, nor seen any processing improvements.
Regards,
Not sure if it will help....
Copy, paste, send!
YoungestPiperCub
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Near KW Ontario
Still waiting for 5905### from June 1
Outlawpilots
CGN Regular
- Location
- Niagara, ON
Copied, pasted, sent!
Thank you all for all new data points, I updated the sheet. Unfortunately I was making an assumption that all May 31 transfer to be completed by now, they are not. And it seems rate of processing has slowed down. So I am updating my sheet based on new data, does not look good. And as I said before, I hope I am wrong. This is all guess, and mostly for entertainment at this point.
Thanks for doing this. It helps keep those waiting a little saner.
