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I have heard from several DPS individuals and they are consisent that we do nothave to send in the form 90. It seems odd that they wanted me to send in a check list with a check on it and nothing else but it seems most likely that they are really Not demanding the chl-90. Proof of citizenship seems strange for somebody renewing either chl or instructor's certificate but, maybe inf a few months they'll demand that I send that in too.

It will probably say that even after you receive your certification. That's the way it was with my chl renewal. It said, "Issue pending background check " right up until the thing actually arrived. Probably still says that though I haven't looked.
In ref: the instructor renewal, I made the mistake of sending more than one e-mail to them. I got an answer after a few days telling me what to do-which I did. I am now receiving strange answersto the other, identical e-mails no doubt opened by other employees-these several days after I believed the issue to be resolved.
We'll see.

Truly amazing. I wonder if they ever got L1 straightened out to the point that it's usable.

They sent the password and it WORKED. The receipt said I got all the test questions right and that it had been transmitted. Now, to see what other requirements might crop up.

Very likely, the confusion associated with these reapplication notices is related to The Hollidays though it does seem like after a month, things should return to normal. From November 1 through the new year, an amazing number of people in both the private and public sector just do not come to work and those who do are overwhelmed trying to do the other fellow's job as well as their own.

thank you.
I will do that if no response from the e-mail to CHLinst...etc

The password I used to order certificates (when they send out physical certificates) ,according to the man who answered the phone at CHL) is not the right one. Consistent with contacts other posters here have received, he said that no chl-90 is necessary but completion of a test IS. I have followed his instructions by e-mailing once again to request the password and any and all information that might be helpful in understanding an completing the process. If a test specific password was given out in my last renewal session (an early one), then I did not get it. I seem to rememember that there was no such password available at that time. It was my impression at the time that they were developing an iron-clad online recertification process that would verify that we were, in fact the individual taking a test and or completing the process BUT they had not done so at that time.

Since my last recertification at the Georgetown facility, I have received no communication from the instructor program at all.

no were in the material they sent me-the renewal notice or on the online application /payment page did they even mention the existence of a test. Twice, I have requested the courtesy of an e-mail clarification of just what they might want but this has not been answered. I reached the agency by telephone and had the existenct of a test confirmed to me.
Since I have not ordered certificates in some time, I do not have the password they are requesting for access to the test. Nor do I have any information about how to submit the test to them. I have requested these items via e-mail but am growing more and more convinced that I want nothing more to do with this agency.

thanks. Just in case, I'm going to give them a little time to answer my e-mail just to see if they say the same thing.

Ok. I just got the notification. I went online, signed in, filled out the preliminary stuff including checking off on affidavits and paying the money. I was prompted to download my 'checklist'. Up until this point, the process was exactly like the online application for CHL renewal. The checklist and and receipt I printed departed from the CHL renewal application in that it told me that my check list includes *(1) the checklist itself, and: (2) A completed CHL 90. (the cHL renewal asked for "proof of condition" specifying items that WERE NOT the items that they untimately required.)
I downloaded this form which is a generic instructor application. The unclear portions include Questions 1and 2 "Have you completed a handgun instructor's traing course?" and if so, the title of the course, class date and expiration date.
I have attended the primary course and each recertification since the program began. I do not remember the exact dates. My certificate merely states that it is good until 12/31/11.

Also unclear is question seven-List the firearms courses you have taught in the past. This one MAY be keyed to whether or not you are eligible for the short or full lenght original instructor class-and it may mean something else.

It is not clear, but it appears that they may want a copy of my current certificate.

There was no mention what-so-ever of any written test or shooting demonstration.
I have sent an e-mail request for clarification and will wait to see if they send me any coherent response.