I talked to someone at the Miramichi office today to try to find out what the status is on my application. According to the Miramichi office they are so backed up from Covid, they are just now starting to enter applications from the middle of May.
It will take a long time for renewals or new application sent in by mail to be processed.
If you have to renew anytime in the near future do it electronically or as far in advance as possible.
May have my RPAL for next years hunting season. I guess I shouldn't have tried to upgrade from my PAL with Covid going on.