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I am sure yours will be in the mail tomorrow too TxDrifter.

WOOOHOOO!!!

I was cleaning my rifle and herd the sound of the mailman at my mail box. checked the mail and....

PLASTIC IN HAND.

bridge wrote:

badlnb wrote:I told you it wouldn't be long Bridge! Congratulations.

I don't know whats worse; Waiting for the background check and the application to be complete or waiting for the plastic to arrive.

badlnb, did yours show up in the mail yet? I was hoping to find mine in the mailbox today, but nothin yet.

No Bridge, not yet. I am not sure if the license is even printed yet or what. I am hoping it will arrive soon. Maybe I should call or email to appease my curiosity. Like I said, I think waiting for the plastic to arrive is worse than waiting on the background check to be completed. I will post here when it comes in.
Today I decided I will clean my carry weapon and have it all ready to go. Plus I need to clean all of my firearms anyway, It will keep me busy while I wait for the mail to come.

I told you it wouldn't be long Bridge! Congratulations.

I don't know whats worse; Waiting for the background check and the application to be complete or waiting for the plastic to arrive.

Chin up Bridge, Hopefully yours is next up for completion. The fact that The status changed to completed on a Sunday shows that TDPS is in fact working overtime to get the applications done. I checked the status yesterday (on Saturday) and it still showed processing application.

The funny thing is I just ordered a holster last night. Now the race is on: Which will get here first, my plastic or the holster I ordered. My guess is the holster, the place I ordered it from is suppose to have really good customer service. I am also still waiting for the two free Mags from Springfield Armory that I ordered when I got my SA XD. That should be here any day also.

Well, Here it is, Sunday January 25. For the Kicks and giggles of it I went to check the DPS Web page to check the status of my application. Low and behold my status has changed from Processing application to:

Application complete - issuing license....

Oh happy day!

Well Bridge, how about you? did yours get complete too?

bridge wrote: They informed me there is a sizable back log and that they have requested expedited treatment of mine. However, they make this same expedited request over 20 times a day to Harris and Galveston Counties. I took that to mean nothing is going to happen any time soon.

Yep, When every one has to be Expedited to get things done within the mandated timeline, no one is. It sounds to me like your packet just got moved from one large stack to another large stack.

I bet if their was a law that TDPS had to have Back Ground Checks completed within 90 days or the back ground check would be free and the fee money returned to the applicant, they would be able to free up/add all kinds of resources to get them all done in a timely fashion.

Then again to be fair, I am sure it is not the fine people in the TDPS causing this problem and I am sure they are doing all they can. It seems to me it is the system they are trying to work in that is to blame.

Bridge,

It looks like both of our Applications got to Austin the same day. I will be interested to see which of us will get plastic first.

I called TDPS shortly after my last post to see if I could get a more detailed status on my application and talked to a woman and all she said was 'we are processing your application - waiting on the Background check'.
Well, Yeah isn't that what it's all about; a background check?
It's now Day 74 and there is no change. I know there have been holidays and all so I will wait until I reach 90 days to call them again if my application status still hasn't changed or I don't get a letter from them.

This morning, one of my co workers told me she took the CHL class at a well known place in Houston this past weekend and the instructor there told the class she was in not to "Bug" TDPS by phone unless it has been over 180 days. I told her that's not what I have read nor what I have been told. Has anyone else herd this?

It has now been 69 days since TDPS received my application and there appears to be no change in its status according to the website. Still waiting.....

I finally got a letter from TDPS with my PIN number Yesterday Nov. 17, though I emailed TDPS last week and got it. The slow wheels of progress are turning now.

Add me in to the list of October applicants.

I took the CHL Class from 'El Gato' on July 5 2008
I Mailed My application October 21 2008
My Application received by TDPS October 24 2008

I learned quite a bit from 'El Gatos' CHL class and enjoyed the day.
Due to financial reasons, I had to wait to mail in my application.
I double and triple checked to make sure all of my information was included and made a copy of everything but still I find myself worrying that I forgot to include something. I know I didn't because I can look at the copy of my application and see that everything is there. still....