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sweatmachine wrote: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!

sweatmachine wrote:

GibsonLesPaul wrote:
What the deuce...I was hoping you would receive better news. On the bright side, at least it's being looked at...although it's not that bright of a side considering the wait. I wonder if calling your local rep got it out of no-man's- land and into background check.

Did you happen to mention how long you've been waiting while you were on the phone? Or tell them you have spoke with a local rep?

The DPS rep I spoke with today knew how long I'd been waiting because she verified all of my submission dates while we were on the phone. I reminded her that today is 85 days and she just said "you'll have to wait longer. There's nothing we can do."

Also, I received a response from the office of Greg Abbott saying the following (I edited my name out)

"Dear Mr. Sweatmachine: Thank you for taking the time to contact the Office of the Governor. We understand that you are concerned. I am asking Colonel Steven McCraw, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, for his staff’s assistance in reviewing and responding both to you and this office on the information shared."

Hopefully I'll get some traction with the Governor's Office asking DPS management to look into it. My guess is more waiting...

GoCoogSr9c wrote:

GoCoogSr9c wrote:
I should have posted on this forum earlier- I just checked 5 minutes ago and website has changed.

Again I got confirmation email on 12/28 so those in the same time frame check it out.

sweatmachine wrote:Forgot to add in my original post that I called yesterday and was given the "we have your stuff just wait longer" response. No news.

I'll sit tight until Tuesday, which will be 60 business days from my email confirmation. If I don't have news/update/plastic by Tuesday I'll call in again.