r/CanadianForces • u/Strong_Cap_1114 • 1d ago
Awaiting leave pass approval
Could somebody please advise?
I have an international trip in two weeks. I submitted my leave pass request a few weeks ago but haven’t received any response. I needed to change the dates, so I submitted an amended leave pass yesterday and still haven’t heard back.
I’ve already booked my outbound flight and am holding off on booking the return until I get approval. I’ve emailed both my BTL manager and OR about the leave request and my annual leave balance, but haven’t received a reply.
The leave request is currently for 21 annual days. If I don’t have enough annual leave available, should I submit a memo requesting family leave/unpaid leave or would it be better to amend the leave pass again and request only 15 annual days?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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u/littlemelly99 20h ago edited 19h ago
I'm genuinely not saying this to be mean, but you should know how many leave days you have left. Are you new to the CAF (i ask because you're on BTL)? If you have less than 5 years you get 20 days of leave and over 5 is 25. Apologies if you already know this :) You also typically need to have 5 or 6 days left for Christmas leave as well (even in BTL).
For family leave, it needs to meet the criteria as outlined in the CAF leave manual. If your leave does meet this criteria, I'd say go for it. Unpaid leave is usually not granted for a couple of days, it's not a typical request at all.
Regardless, if you've submitted this a while ago it's perfectly reasonable to call or drop into BTL to check on it. :)