TexasCHLforum.com

Hi Beanie-Bean

Beanie-Bean wrote:Congratulations, Ice Life! I suppose that the River Walk will do just fine as a suitable substitute for the Wally Walk. Are there a lot of 51% signs posted? I really didn't pay attention until I learned about "the signs" from the CHL class.

Thanks Beanie-Bean! I'm not sure about the restaurants on the River Walk in San Antonio being 51% establishments or not. My guess would be that most of the restaurants will not be 51% places. Some of the bars might be. I'll have to look for the signs when I go down to the River Walk. Like you, I didn't pay any notice to 30.06 or 51% signs until after I took the CHL class. I'll be looking for all the signs now that I have my CHL.

Team April

It's Here !! I have PLASTIC !!

My Texas CHL arrived today at exactly 2:00 PM. The postmark shows that it was mailed from Austin on Friday, 27-May-2011 and the Texas DPS CHL web site indicated mailed on the same day. Maybe they were trying to clear out all the approved CHL's prior to Memorial Day weekend. It only took the Post Office one day to deliver the letter to me in San Antonio. An interesting item is that the return address is zip code 78773, which is the Texas DPS Licensing and Registration Service Office, but the mailed from postmark zip code was 78752. Since the postmark was a machine applied postage mark, maybe 78752 is where the CHL's are actually processed.

Time from the day Texas DPS received my documents to the day I received my CHL was only 38 days total which works out to 28 working days.

My time line was:

1/1/1996 to 4/15/2011......Procrastinated taking the CHL class
4/15/2001......................Registered for the CHL class
4/16/2011......................Attended CHL class in San Antonio
4/17/2011......................Passed shooting qualification
4/18/2011......................Submitted online CHL Application with Texas DPS. Made fingerprint appointment
4/19/2011......................Electronic fingerprints taken. Mailed documents by USPS with Delivery Confirmation
4/20/2011......................USPS confirms delivery of documents to Texas DPS
4/27/2011......................Fingerprints rejected by FBI due to unreadable. Rescheduled fingerprinting with L1.
4/28/2011......................Second set of electronic fingerprints taken by L1 and submitted to DPS.
5/13/2011......................1st update: Background Ck-Under review, CHL-Print pending completion of application review
5/25/2011......................2nd update: Background Check-Completed, CHL-Manufacturing Pending
5/26/2011 .....................3rd update: CHL-Manufacturing
5/27/2011......................4th update: CHL-Mailed
5/28/2011......................Received Texas CHL at 2:00 PM exactly!

Now is time to load up and head on down for a Wally Walk or as we're more likely to do in San Antonio: A River Walk on the River Walk!!

Keep up the Good Fight Team April, I'll be pulling for you. You'll have your plastic in no time at all!

No Joy today....

Waited for the Postman all day.
Didn't get a single letter. If my plastic doesn't arrive tomorrow; it will be Tuesday at the earliest.

Mister Postman

" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postman
Wait, wait mister postman
Mister postman look and see
If you've got a letter in your bag for me,
I been waiting for such a long, long time
Since I heard from the DPS of mine.
There must be some word today
From the Texas DPS so far away.
Please mister postman look and see
If there's a letter in your bag for me
I been standing here and waiting mister postman,
So patiently
For just a card or just a letter,
Saying my Texas CHL is coming home to me.
So many days you passed me by,
See the tear standing in my eye.
You didn't stop to make me feel better,
By leaving me a card or a letter
You've got to wait a minute, wait a minute
Wait
Check it and see, one more time for me
Deliver the CHL, the sooner the better

.

Team April,

Texas DPS CHL web site reports this morning, Friday, 27-MAY-2011, that my CHL has been Mailed!!!

I had checked the status a little after 6:00 AM this morning and it still had "Manufacturing" listed. I then went to the HEB grocery store and when I returned to the house, I checked the DPS web site again at 7:10 AM and my CHL was listed as "Mailed". This is my fourth update on the DPS CHL web site and as I have noticed before, all the updates have occurred between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM. I have had three updates on the last three consecutive days. Wednesday was "Manufacturing Pending"; Thursday was "Manufacturing", and today was "Mailed".

I do wonder that if all the updates on the DPS CHL web site occurred in the early morning hours between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM that the actual event had occurred the previous day. That would mean that my CHL was actually mailed yesterday. Now, I'll be waiting for the Postman to arrive today. He won't make the rounds in my neighborhood until late afternoon. It could be that I'll be making a Wally Walk or even a River Walk in downtown San Antonio sometime this weekend if the CHL arrives today or tomorrow!!

Mister Postman

" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postman
Wait, wait mister postman
Mister postman look and see
If you've got a letter in your bag for me,
I been waiting for such a long, long time
Since I heard from the DPS of mine.
There must be some word today
From the Texas DPS so far away.
Please mister postman look and see
If there's a letter in your bag for me
I been standing here and waiting mister postman,
So patiently
For just a card or just a letter,
Saying my Texas CHL is coming home to me.
So many days you passed me by,
See the tear standing in my eye.
You didn't stop to make me feel better,
By leaving me a card or a letter
You've got to wait a minute, wait a minute
Wait
Check it and see, one more time for me
Deliver the CHL, the sooner the better

Yippeee!!! WooHoo!!

Hello Texas Team April

It looks like we're all moving along and people are beginning to get cleared on their background checks and going into the "manufacturing pending" and "mailed" phase of the licensing process. On all of my updates on the Texas DPS CHL web site, I have noticed that my updates have all occurred early in the morning between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM. Has this been the case for anyone else? I check my status throughout the day; but, all updates have occurred during this time period. Has anyone noticed any updates happening at other times during the day or night? Maybe the DPS only runs the updates once a day in the early morning? What are your thoughts on the update times?

It also seems that our total processing times are fairly good. I've read some of the previous month application threads and Team April's processing times seem to be a little faster and under the sixty day mark. My time from "Received" at DPS to "Manufacturing" has only been 36 total days which works out to 26 working days and this includes having to get re-fingerprinted by L-1 because my fingerprints were unreadable by the FBI. Comments??

Thanks,

Hi All,

I received my third update from the Texas DPS CHL web site morning, Thursday, 26-May-2011.
My status is now:
...................."Concealed Handgun License : Manufacturing"

I went from "Manufacturing Pending" yesterday to "Manufacturing" this morning.
Let's hope I go to "Manufactured" and "Mailed" before the weekend gets here! DPS and the Post Office won't be working this coming Monday due to Memorial Day so that will likely add a day to the wait.

Hi All,

Texas DPS CHL web site just updated my status this morning (Wednesday, 25-May-2011) to:

• Background Check : Completed
  Concealed Handgun License : Manufacturing Pending

WoooHooo!!!

My event dates are as follows:

1/1/1996 to 4/15/2011...........Procrastinated taking the CHL class
4/15/2001..........................Registered for the CHL class
4/16/2011..........................Attended CHL class in San Antonio
4/17/2011..........................Passed shooting qualification.
4/18/2011..........................Submitted online CHL Application with Texas DPS. Made fingerprint appointment
4/19/2011 .........................Electronic fingerprints taken. Mailed items to DPS with Delivery Confirmation.
4/20/2011..........................USPS confirms delivery of documents to Texas DPS
4/27/2011..........................Fingerprints rejected by FBI due to unreadable. Rescheduled fingerprinting with L1.
4/28/2011 .........................Second set of electronic fingerprints taken by L1 & submitted to DPS.
5/13/2011..........................1st update on web site: Fingerprints: Complete, Background Check: Under review
5/25/2011 .........................2nd update on web site: Background Check: Completed, CHL: Manufacturing Pending

Now the wait will be unbearable because this Friday is the day before the three-day Memorial Day weekend holiday. I doubt that much work will be done manufacturing the CHL's on the day before a three-day weekend and then processing will not begin again until next Tuesday. So I don't expect to see any CHL's manufactured and mailed until mid to late next week at the earliest. Stand by for more updates as they roll in!!

Have a Great Memorial Day! Thanks to all the Troops, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coasties!!

.

Arrrghhhh, another week gone by and no status change on the DPS web site.

Still stuck with the following status:

Background Check : Under review
Concealed Handgun License : Print pending completion of application review

Hi All,
I think I'm going to block the Texas DPS CHL web site on my computer so I can't keep checking my on-line status every ten minutes!

CobraRon said it all when he posted the following:

CobraRon wrote: 5/13 Driver's license number memorized

I've had my Texas Driver License for 40 years since 1971 and I've never known my driver's license number before I started looking up my Texas CHL status on the DPS web site. When ever I needed to use my Texas driver's license number before, I always had to pull out my driver's license to get the number. So if there's any positive take away from waiting for my CHL and checking the status multiple times a day it would be that I'll never have to pull out my driver's license in the future to get the number because I've now had the number seared into my brain!!

Hi All,

Finally showed up today on DPS web site with first status update!!

1/1/1996 to 4/15/2011...Procrastinated taking the CHL class
4/15/2001..................Registered for the CHL class
4/16/2011..................Attended CHL class in San Antonio
4/17/2011..................Passed shooting qualification.
4/18/2011..................Submitted online CHL application with Texas DPS. Made fingerprint appointment
4/19/2011..................Electronic fingerprints taken. Mailed paper documents with Delivery Confirmationto to DPS
4/20/2011..................USPS confirms delivery of documents to Texas DPS
4/27/2011..................Fingerprints rejected by FBI due to unreadable. Rescheduled fingerprinting with L1.
4/28/2011..................Second set of electronic fingerprints taken by L1 and submitted to DPS.
5/13/2011.................First status update on DPS web site.

• Application : Received
  Fingerprints : Complete
  Affidavits : Received
  DL or ID : Valid
  Citizenship : Received
  Passport photo holder : Received
  Photo : Received
  Proof of Classroom training : Received
  Proof of Proficiency training : Received
  Fee : Received
  Background Check : Under review
  Concealed Handgun License : Print pending completion of application review

Now I'll have to wait some more................. Guess I could go to the gun store this weekend and do some shopping.

Ice Life

Life Member Texas State Rifle Association
Life Member National Rifle Association

Hi All,

I've just joined this forum and have been reading forum posts and checking my status online with the DPS daily. Thought I'd provide my waiting status:

1/1/1996 to 4/15/2011...Procrastinated taking the CHL class
4/15/2001..................Registered for the CHL class
4/16/2011..................Attended CHL class in San Antonio
4/17/2011..................Passed shooting qualification. Scored 246 out of 250.
4/18/2011..................Submitted online CHL application with Texas DPS. Made fingerprint appointment
4/19/2011..................Electronic fingerprints taken. Mailed paper documents with Delivery Confirmationto to DPS
4/20/2011..................USPS confirms delivery of documents to Texas DPS
4/27/2011..................Fingerprints rejected by FBI due to unreadable. Rescheduled fingerprinting with L1.
4/28/2011..................Second set of electronic fingerprints taken by L1 and submitted to DPS.

Now it's wait... check online status.....wait five more minutes.....check online status.....wait some more....

I'll update my waiting status when DPS provides me with updates.

Hopefully Soon!
Ice Life

Life Member Texas State Rifle Association
Life Member National Rifle Association