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Alllllriiiiight!!!!! The waiting is finally over!

54 days from online submission to mailbox.

I submitted both mine and my wife's paperwork on the same day back in January. I've been checking the site daily - often several times a day - for an update.

I've been keeping my wife up to date on the overall progress and she just nods her head and says uh-huh.

Guess which one of got their license in the mail today and who did not.

You guessed it! She's legal to carry and here I sit broken hearted.

Oh we'll, there's always tomorrow!

Woohoo!!!!!

Status as of this morning, Mailed.

Now I can only hope it actually got mailed on Friday and isn't sitting in an outbox waiting to go out on Monday.



Good luck to to the rest of you still waiting. I know it is an excrutiating wait.

Okay guys, I am gonna call bull on the 11:00pm site update time. I have been in Background Check status since sometime Friday morning (2/21), which was my very first status update.

I have since checked everyday multiple times a day.

Last night at 11:30pm I was still in BG, as of 7:25 this morning I am now in Manufacturing Pending. WOOHOO!!!!!!

I will conceed the update occurs overnight, but to nail it down to 11:00pm I believe is incorrect.

Just an FYI...I know that may sound petty but when I am staying up later than usual just to see if I got an update it is a little frustrating to find out the time was not correct.

infoman wrote:Anything from Jan. is not going to show a status yet. They aren't that far along yet.

I submitted my paperwork online on January 13th and I got my first update on February 21st indicating it was in background check status.

Not sure why there are still people from Oct/Nov/Dec timeframe that haven't gotten updates yet. System just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

Same story here, submitted both mine and my wife's online on 01/13 and today I saw this:

Application : Received
Fingerprints : Complete
Affidavits : Received
DL or ID : Valid
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received
Photo : Received
Proof of Classroom training : Received
Proof of Proficiency training : Received
Fee : Received
Background Check : Under review
Concealed Handgun License : Print pending completion of application review

40 days total
29 business days (Presidents' Day holiday)

Woohoo indeed!!!!!!

nana321 wrote:Did renewal online on 12/24/13, but didn't hit the "upload" button.
Resubmitted on 1/2/14
Background check complete 1/17/14
Manufacturing 1/20/14
Mailed 1/22/14

Was going to expire the end of this month, but looks like I got it in just in time!

Glad to hear you are not gonna have a gap in your licensing.

Curious though as to why renewals are so fast I guess they are done by a different group of people or maybe they get priority?

BAW1967 wrote:This what I see when I check my status:

License Status: Application processed online. Concealed Handgun Licensing is waiting on the receipt of required materials. Once the application and materials have been received by Concealed Handgun Licensing and processing has begun, a more detailed status will appear on this page.

As far as I can tell, based on other threads in this forum and other friends experiences, it will remain with status until they actually begin working on it.

My friend here at work submitted his paperwork back in October and it showed that same status until Thursday of last week. The following day the status changed again to show "mailed". He received it yesterday.

At the current rate (it look like most of the October group is getting there's now) I should expect to see an update by late March.

galax83061 wrote:

johnmbergman wrote:

galax83061 wrote:I sent my paperwork in twice and just got the generic email. I don't understand why I did not get a conformation email from them. Plus the web page has been down for the last 2 days

When I e-mailed my paperwork in back in November, it took about 3 days to get a confirmation e-mail stating that my documents were received and forwarded to the appropriate person. Don't worry, it will get to them. Three days is a short wait compared to the 60-90 days it takes to get the license.. :(

Its been at least a week or2 since I sent paperwork in and I still have not got a conformation email. This is so stupid!!!! is there like 3 people working in that department?!!!!

When you submit your paperwork online you have to 1) select the files then 2) click upload then 3) click submit. Are you sure you are doing the upload step? It should change your file names to green text, and I could see how it would be easy to miss this step.

JohnH59 wrote:

Brockech wrote:I submitted mine and my wife's online today and received confirmation emails back on both indicating the paperwork was received. I agree the online submission is faster (same day), cheaper (free), and it comes with receipt confirmation. Why wouldn't you submit it online?

Let the waiting begin!

Please Lord, grant me the patience...

The only email my wife and I received after uploading/emailing the documents was simply this "Thank you for contacting the Texas Department of Public Safety". Not exactly a confirmation they received the forms. But, it's only been about two weeks for me and four weeks for my wife.

I got the message you mentioned initially and then about another hour later I got the following:

"Thank you for using the Regulatory Services Division’s website.

We have received the documents attached to your email. This information will be forwarded to a CHL Specialist for review and processing. For more information on CHL status changes and updates visit http://www.DPS.Texas.gov" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or go to the Status Check link. Please allow staff sufficient time to continue processing these documents.

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I submitted mine and my wife's online today and received confirmation emails back on both indicating the paperwork was received. I agree the online submission is faster (same day), cheaper (free), and it comes with receipt confirmation. Why wouldn't you submit it online?

Let the waiting begin!

Please Lord, grant me the patience...