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11/10 Online App
11/14 Fingerprints
11/17 Class
11/18 Mailed Paperwork
12/15 Paperwork Received by Data Entry
12/15 Background Check in Progress
12/29 Manufacturing
01/02 CHL mailed
01/10 Received

License just arrived in the mail today.

BigHatNoCows wrote:When checking status this morning I received a web page that says "This Texas.gov service is temporarily down for maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please check back soon."
Is anyone else seeing this page?

I just checked and everything looked normal.

glstine wrote:Got my plastic yesterday, mailed paperwork 11/19. I had to run to CVS to get a couple of things yesterday so I thought I would see how it felt. I have a XD40 sc carried in an OWB holster at 4:00. Didn't feel to odd although I was pulling my shirt frequently. Then I went to checkout. Wallet in back right pocket, a bunch of people in line behind me. Really stressed about getting my wallet out without revealing. Guess I'm going to have to carry my wallet differently.

Congratulations on getting your license!

I wouldn't psych myself out too much. I've worn my pistol around the house for the past couple of months and my wife has yet to notice (if she did she would've said something). Translation: people probably aren't paying as much attention as you might think.

Status just updated to mailed this morning. It looks like (at least for now) once DPS acknowledges receipt of your paperwork you're looking at a little under a month-long wait.

11/10 Online App
11/14 Fingerprints
11/17 Class
11/18 Mailed Paperwork
12/15 Paperwork Received by Data Entry
12/15 Background Check in Progress
12/29 Manufacturing
01/02 CHL mailed
??????? Received

Frankie wrote:Wife's is in Manufacturing and I'm still stuck in Under Review

I checked this morning and my background check status was just updated. Ironically, every status update I've received has been on a Saturday.... coincidence.... probably.

11/10 Online App
11/14 Fingerprints
11/17 Class
11/18 Mailed Paperwork
12/15 Paperwork Received by Data Entry
12/15 Background Check in Progress
12/29 Manufacturing
??????? CHL mailed
??????? Received

glstine wrote:Checked status this morning. Background check complete, Manufacturing pending (mailed 11/19)

Just checked. No update for me yet. Hoping it happens today, so I don't get stuck in limbo until after Christmas. (mailed 11/17)

mcd_sports wrote:And I have PLASTIC!!!

Good Luck to you all

Congratulations! I'm definitely hoping my background check/manufacture/mailing process will be as expedited as yours was.

Wodathunkit wrote:Has anyone on this thred seen any changes since Saturday?

Nope, if I get a status update on the background check before Friday I'd be pretty surprised. The guy that had his done within that super short time period definitely seems to be an exception to the rule.

Mine just updated this morning too...... at the risk of sounding totally self-centered...... here's hoping i actually get my licence before an executive response (to the awful shooting in Connecticut) comes through the pipe.....whatever that may be.

11/10 Online App
11/14 Fingerprints
11/17 Class
11/18 Mailed Paperwork
12/15 Paperwork Received by Data Entry
12/15 Background Check in Progress
??????? Manufacturing
??????? CHL mailed
??????? Received

Frankie wrote:Mailed mine and the wife's packet off on 11/20

And got this update today

Thanks for the heads up. That makes me hope my status updates in the next day or so, since I mailed right before you.

jayinsat wrote:It seems like those who upload their paperwork are getting much faster status update for received than those who mailed.

I definitely agree with that! If I don't show received in another week or so, i may re-submit online.

I assume that when you mail your paperwork, and it arrives at their processing offices, it gets in line behind all previous applications on a data processing agent's desk. What I don't know, is when you submit paperwork online, whether or not it ends up at the back of those same lines, or whether it somehow undergoes a faster process.

If anyone has insight on this issue, i would love to hear it.

I thought I'd start a thread to keep track of the post-election wait times for packet processing, since I'm sure there are many of us in the same boat. From what I can tell, if you got your packet in before the election, your processing time from packet mailed to licence received is about a month, give-or-take (granted there were no complications in your processing). I'm sure that post-election DPS has been flooded with applications, and this thread is meant to track the new processing times.

Here are mine:

11/10 Online App
11/14 Fingerprints
11/17 Class
11/18 Mailed Paperwork
??????? Paperwork Received by Data Entry
??????? Background Check in Progress
??????? Manufacturing
??????? CHL mailed
??????? Received