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warhorse10_9 wrote:12/17 - Online App
12/22 - Class
1/3 - Mailed Packet
1/3 -Fingerprints L1 1
1/11 - Online status available
03/10 - BGC Complete - Manufacturing Pending

Bout time!

congrats, i saw my status change to "manufacturing pending" on a thursday, and had my plastic in hand the following thursday. what are you planning on using for a carry weapon?

rhino8005 wrote:well my status just changed to Manufacturing Pending. Guess i can buy that IWB holster now!

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Ramfan wrote:The following I posted in December's Waiting Room. I mailed it in December and they received it after the new year holiday weekend so I thought I'd post it here as well.

It took unusually long for me. I checked last night and the fingerprints and background were still pending. I counted the days from when they received it and yesterday and determined they had my packet for 60 days exactly.

Checked it this morning and it finally says manufacture pending. I'm active duty and have been resided in 2 other states....not to mention the trouble I was in when I was a kid (over 20 years ago). Just as in when I applied for a clearance, I disclosed everything including police records with my packet.

Hopefully, I won't have to wait as long as other to finally get it in my hands.

congrats, judging by my experience and a few others more recently, the mailing process isn't taking as long as before. both bcdudley and myself had our status change to "mailed" over the weekend and received our plastic yesterday. for me it was exactly a week from the time i saw "manufacture pending" to plastic-in-hand. hopefully you'll get yours sometime next week.

jcarp02 wrote:

rmr1923 wrote:2/24 - Background check complete
2/27 - "Mailed"
3/3 - Plastic in hand



exactly 2 months mailbox to mailbox... mailed my packet on january 3rd, received my CHL march 3rd

Congrats! I like how you put "mailed" in quotes, by the way.

yeah, judging by how long it's taken for most others to get theirs after their status said mailed i wasn't expecting anything until next week sometime so i was a bit surprised to see it in the mailbox today. heck it might have even been here yesterday, i hadn't checked the mail since tuesday.

2/24 - Background check complete
2/27 - "Mailed"
3/3 - Plastic in hand



exactly 2 months mailbox to mailbox... mailed my packet on january 3rd, received my CHL march 3rd

thursday my status showed manufacturing pending, logged in this morning expecting to see the same but it shows mailed

LivelyBanter wrote:I mailed it off Jan. 24 and I forgot to fill out a section of the application, they sent the form back to me and I mailed it out last Saturday and it still shows my application as "Incomplete, notice mailed to me"

Grrrrr

it takes a while for your online status to be updated. they received my packet on Jan 6th but i didn't see a change in status until about the 11th IIRC.

macattac wrote:My status went to "mailed" this morning, by the time I get back to town it should be in the mailbox.

you going to be out of town for at least a week?

warhorse10_9 wrote:

rmr1923 wrote:

FINALLY, my online status hasn't reflected it yet, but this morning i received an email from the DPS notifying me that my background check is complete and i should be receiving my license within 2 weeks!

12/31/10 - took class
1/1/11 - online application
1/3/11 - mailed paperwork
1/6/11 - DPS received
1/10/11 - 1st status available online
2/23/11 - application approved

so even with a juvenile class B misdemeanor listed on my app, mine was processed well within the 60 day time frame from when they received my paperwork. now for the worst part of the wait

Congrats! You beat me. I called yesterday, my background check is still with a they are still reviewing my arrest. I am not worried about not getting it but just hating the wait.

yeah what i found interesting is that the notification i got was from someone with the title "Investigator II, Eligibility Evaluation Unit" so i'm thinking that simpler applications (i.e. no arrests) are handled in a quicker fashion, and those with more to them are bumped up to someone who digs a bit deeper on the background check. i never did have to provide any sort of court documentation, probably because it was a juvenile arrest 11 years ago. good luck with the wait, i know it's brutal and i'm not quite done yet. now i just have to keep from checking my mailbox more than once a day for the next couple weeks

FINALLY, my online status hasn't reflected it yet, but this morning i received an email from the DPS notifying me that my background check is complete and i should be receiving my license within 2 weeks!

12/31/10 - took class
1/1/11 - online application
1/3/11 - mailed paperwork
1/6/11 - DPS received
1/10/11 - 1st status available online
2/23/11 - application approved

so even with a juvenile class B misdemeanor listed on my app, mine was processed well within the 60 day time frame from when they received my paperwork. now for the worst part of the wait

still waiting on background check

applied on 1/1/11, mailed packet on 1/3/11, received by DPS either 1/6 or 1/7. so i'm right around 6 weeks, hopefully it won't be much longer. i sent an email this morning just to see if there were any holdups that i needed to be aware of, they said if they needed anything i'd get a letter in the mail but i haven't received anything yet. i'm getting anxious now, i'm tired of carrying around a rubber band gun. i fought off a pack of ninjas the other night with it. i think ninjas may be allergic to rubber, as soon as they saw the rubber bands come out they were out of there before i knew they were gone... oddly enough my socks were missing when i got home though, not sure how that happened , but if i were cornered by a street gang i'd be outgunned big time.

kcsen wrote:I'm very impressed! The government is very efficient and productive!

warhorse10_9 wrote: I called too. I think a 25 min wait must be a test for them cause thats how long I waited.

same here last time i called, fortunately i was at home so i just put my phone on speaker and set it down next to me while killing some time in Zombie Mode on Black Ops

"I see a world full of beauty and grace... but you beasts aren't helping!"

warhorse10_9 wrote: I wish they had someone able to tell us what part of the BGC they were working on, at least we would know.

that would require critical thinking... and many (not all) government agencies have a severe lack of critical thinkers. uh oh, i just spoke poorly of our government, i guess they'll come kicking down my door any minute to haul me off to the gulag.

i haven't posted in this thread in a while, here's my current status:

12/31/10 - took class, online application completed
1/3/11 - mailed materials to DPS
1/6/11 - received by DPS
today - everything green except background check... nothing's changed in the past 3 weeks since the fingerprint status went green.

i did have several previous addresses (moved a lot in college) and one prior juvenile arrest (class B misdemeanor in january 2000), but i didn't expect it to take this long to at least hear SOMETHING from the DPS. they were responding to emails at first and told me that if they needed court records they'd mail me a letter, but so far nothing's come in the mail and they won't respond to email or phone inquiries with anything other than "we're still running your background check".

i have found that as more time has passed, i haven't been nearly as anxious about how quickly i'll get my CHL as i was in the first couple weeks after taking the course. the past month has been pretty busy at work and i got a promotion yesterday, so i've at least had a few things to distract my attention away from waiting for the DPS.