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Ladies and gents, I'm OUTTA HERE!!!

Plastic in my hands today! I think it was delivered yesterday, but didn't get it till today when I went to check it.

I hope the rest of you that are waiting get yours soon too!!

arnoldstrong wrote:

cmartinez95 wrote:Against my better judgment I logged in to check my status today...to my surprise, "Application Completed - license issued or certificate active". So my final tally is about 183 days from my original date of submission and around 136 from my date of submitting some corrected information. Maybe it will be in my mailbox by the time I get back to TX. And in 55 days I'll have a Washington CHL too! :)

That wait is absolutely unacceptable. You are a better man than I if you made it through with relative sanity. Be safe out there!!

It wasn't easy. I guess knowing that I'm not the only one going through this helped...a LITTLE, lol.

Be safe as well.

joe817 wrote:Super duper congrats cmartinez95. It's about time! Phew. Sorry it took so long, but you've got it now. I'm happy for you!

Thank you! Now we'll see how long it takes them to get me my plastic! At this point it's not even an issue. I'm just glad my app is DONE!

Against my better judgment I logged in to check my status today...to my surprise, "Application Completed - license issued or certificate active". So my final tally is about 183 days from my original date of submission and around 136 from my date of submitting some corrected information. Maybe it will be in my mailbox by the time I get back to TX. And in 55 days I'll have a Washington CHL too! :)

Dropped off my app (and one for my wife) in Washington yesterday. They said I'll have it in 60 days. Looks like I'll be able to carry in my home state for Halloween, lol. <sigh>

At least now I won't be in such a rush to get my wife to take her CHL class in TX. I'll make sure she gets to it sometime over the next 5 years. Maybe in a couple of years everything will be back to normal and TX/Harris County will be able to stick to the official processing times.

Well I'm still waiting. I'm to the point where I'm not going to even bother checking status anymore. I'm headed to Oregon next week and I've decided that while I'm there I will hop over to Washington and get a non-resident license from them. They say it's 60 days for non-residents, so I figure there is a good chance that I may get that one in the mail before i get my TX license. And then I'll at least be able to carry in TX with my Washington license. I'm glad for all that have received theirs. I can't wait till I can say "I'm outta this thread" too!! :)

I guess I'm back in business. After they received my missing information it took about a week to get back to "application processing". No point in throwing a fit about it anymore. It will get here when it gets here :) And to the user that submitted it on February and got it in April...LUCKY DAWG!!!! :)

daveag98 wrote:from what i have heard and i do not have this on any authority but just from someone who has done chl and renewal.

If you have something wrong , like finger prints or pictures, the clock resets when you send the corrected items back in.

So reset to 60 days

GREAT! LOL! :)
I guess there's no point in dwelling over it (as bad as I want this piece of plastic to come in!). It will get here when it gets here. Perhaps it will be a nice Christmas present from the DPS to me this year,lol!

ikishk wrote:

cmartinez95 wrote:So I've been checking the status of my app every few days since getting my pin...everyday was the same..."Processing Application". Cool.
Today I check it and to my dismay...."Application Incomplete. Sending detail letter".

CRAP! I did everything exactly as told and I have a clean record (never been arrested or involved in anything). So now I'm wondering WHAT was overlooked. They sure didn't care that it was incomplete when they cashed my check last month, LOL!

could be something as simple as a grainy pict, don't fret, wait for the letter :)

Got my letter in the mail today. As it turns out, since I am a naturalized US Citizen (born in Nicaragua) they want a copy of either my naturalization certificate or my US passport. I'm not taking any chances, I'm sending them copies of both.

The other item had to do with my address history. I mailed my app in on 2/09. I only listed my addresses from 6/04 to Present. They wanted my address from 2/04 to 6/04 (I was in an apartment for a few months back in 03 to 04). So I looked up the old address and am mailing them back everything tomorrow. I hope this is it as far as problems go. I'm hoping this means my picture and prints were ok, but we'll see!

ikishk wrote:

cmartinez95 wrote:So I've been checking the status of my app every few days since getting my pin...everyday was the same..."Processing Application". Cool.
Today I check it and to my dismay...."Application Incomplete. Sending detail letter".

CRAP! I did everything exactly as told and I have a clean record (never been arrested or involved in anything). So now I'm wondering WHAT was overlooked. They sure didn't care that it was incomplete when they cashed my check last month, LOL!

could be something as simple as a grainy pict, don't fret, wait for the letter :)

I hope it's something that simple. I expect to find out either today or tomorrow (I wouldn't expect it to take more than a couple of days to get me the letter).

So I've been checking the status of my app every few days since getting my pin...everyday was the same..."Processing Application". Cool.
Today I check it and to my dismay...."Application Incomplete. Sending detail letter".

CRAP! I did everything exactly as told and I have a clean record (never been arrested or involved in anything). So now I'm wondering WHAT was overlooked. They sure didn't care that it was incomplete when they cashed my check last month, LOL!

I called on Friday to inquire about my PIN #. The gentleman I spoke to told me that I was probably another 3 to 4 weeks out before I was entered into the system. However, guess what came in the mail today :) Got my PIN. Status says app is processing. Sure would be nice to have it by the end of April, but I'll settle for early to mid-may if I have to!

ysaias wrote:cmartinez95, where did you take the class?

I took it at Shiloh Shooting Range. You?

Add me to the waiting list. Took my class on the 7th and mailed everything off on the 9th.

2/7/09 - Class taken
2/9/09 - Package mailed to DPS
2/18/09 - Check cashed by DPS

The wait continues...