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TexasSully wrote: I'll be looking for mine next week then. I got a call as a result of Dawna Dukes office intervening yesterday and they told me it was off to the printer. Although Abbott's office sent me a letter telling me that the director's office would be contacting me, I never heard from them. I have to say I was my Rep was more effective.

Congrats on the Plastic

Thanks!

Your experience is the same as mine. Gov Abbott's office sent me a nice looking form letter. Dukes' office got me results! Go Dawnna!

TexasSully wrote: This was about a week after contacting your Rep and Governor?

Indeed it was. After contacting my state representative's office I received a call the next day from DPS saying they'd have the license to me in about a week. It was in my hands 6 days later.

TJ78676 wrote: Plastic Arrived TODAY! Good luck all.

Congrats, enjoy, stay safe!

My friends, the eagle has landed. I received plastic in the mail today.



CHL class: 12/20/15
Online App, documents sent, confirmation received: 12/21/15
Fingerprints: 12/23/15
Status Change: 3/22/16
Plastic in hand: 3/23/16

For a grand total of 93 calendar days and 61 business days since my confirmation email. If I hadn't called my state rep and Gov Abbott, who knows how long it would have taken? I think that shaved off 2-3 weeks.

It's been real, folks. Y'all be safe out there!

GibsonLesPaul wrote:I checked the mail, and still no plastic.

Have we determined an average time after site change till the card arrives? It seems most of the ones I've seen were within a day or two.

No plastic for me today either. I assume it'll arrive for both of us before the end of the week.

COME ON BABY!

I logged on to check my status late last night, just after midnight, and saw no update. I logged on this morning, on my 92nd day of wait, about 7:45 and saw some glorious new options laid before me.

S T A T U S C H A N G E ! ! !



Now to start stalking my mailman! Thanks for all the support friends! I'll report back once plastic hits my palms.

TexHorns wrote: PLASTIC IN HAND 3/21!!!!!!!!!!



SweatMachine - you are a soldier. A well mannered gentleman who has survived a very long time. I applaud you. I'm sure you are hourss away...

Congrats on your plastic, and thanks for the support. I'm trying to wait patiently and remain hopeful for this week!

GibsonLesPaul wrote:
No new updates from your emails?

I've been stalking the post office since the site change...no plastic yet...

Nope. I'm not gonna raise he!l until Friday. They called me last Wednesday and said "We'll try to have it to you in about a week."

Congrats CC!

Today is day 91 for me. No website update or plastic yet. Fingers crossed for later this week (again, x10).

GibsonLesPaul wrote:
If you don't have the plastic by then, you should at least see the site change, or be told it's approved and printing.

Keep us posted, brother.

Will do! Thanks!

GibsonLesPaul wrote: I can't believe you still haven't seen any progress. Any new updates from your recent emails?

After emailing/speaking with my state rep's office and emailing Gov Abbott, I got a call back from a manager at DPS on Wednesday (3/16). He told me they were pulling my app from the pile and would process it immediately, and would try to have plastic in my hand "within about a week, hopefully."

So, maybe next week? I'm not holding my breath.

GibsonLesPaul wrote:I don't know if I believe my eyes, but the site has changed.

Now, I have to update my address in a few weeks when I move. I think I'll wait till I have the card in my hand.

Congrats!

No change for me, yet.

TexHorns wrote:
SweatMachine- I've taken your advice and emailed everyone and their mom. I'll update once/if I hear back. Day 77 today for me...

Excellent. Hook 'em!

(UT class of '03 )

GibsonLesPaul wrote: That's fantastic! Tell them to work mine once they're done with yours.

I would suggest that you, and anyone else reading this, call your state rep ASAP. Otherwise your application will remain in the rabbit hole with Alice.

Early this morning I received a call from a manager at DPS. Evidently my call to my state rep and/or Gov Greg Abbott's office made the wheels start spinning. The DPS manager sounded like someone fairly high up that could make things happen.

He said he'll be pulling my application from the stack and will process it individually ASAP, and he hopes to have plastic to me within a week. From the sounds of things they haven't touched my application yet, at least at the background check stage. It's just sitting in a pile somewhere. No telling how long it would have been had I not gone to my state reps/Gov's office.

If you're a December applicant and are still waiting I urge you to call/email your state reps and rattle some chains!