Well, I didn't want to post any more depressing "processing application" posts, so I waited until DPS gave me my "Application Completed - license issued or certificate active" prompt to join up. Now I believe I am entitled to a little of this:
I guess I'm looking at about 120 days from start to finish. I made my first mistake by submitting my app. request online. It took DPS 6 weeks to mail it out to me. About week 4 I started calling them asking what the deal was, and was told they were backlogged. In week 6 I called and the lady told me that they had suffered a computer failure in May about the time that I had submitted my online request, and apparently it had never been sent and wouldn't have been sent if I hadn't of called. If I had just waited and gotten the app. from my instructor I could have submitted it two weeks sooner. Anyhoo, it looks like I got mine with about 54 days of processing, which is better than many here. That’s a blessing considering I lived in five different counties while in college and they had to check each one.
Also, I want to thank my friends from the goldismoney.info forum for telling me about this equally awesome forum.
Thanks,
-1981
