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Well, like several other members on the board recently, my status changed this morning to "Application Completed - Certificate Issued." They must be gettin' with it down there in Austin. Now I just have to hope that the mail man has the same kind of work ethic, ha.

XDandy wrote:Well, like several other members on the board recently, my status changed this morning to "Application Completed - Certificate Issued." They must be gettin' with it down there in Austin. Now I just have to hope that the mail man has the same kind of work ethic, ha.

Mailman is likely to say, "Is it 4:30 yet?"

Hoppes

XDandy wrote:Well, like several other members on the board recently, my status changed this morning to "Application Completed - Certificate Issued." They must be gettin' with it down there in Austin. Now I just have to hope that the mail man has the same kind of work ethic, ha.

Congrats! What was your timeline?

Hoppes wrote:Mailman is likely to say, "Is it 4:30 yet?"

But if your mailman is asking about 4:20, it will probably take longer.

Dude.

XDandy wrote:Well, like several other members on the board recently, my status changed this morning to "Application Completed - Certificate Issued." They must be gettin' with it down there in Austin. Now I just have to hope that the mail man has the same kind of work ethic, ha.

XDandy, that's awesome...now pass me some of that good completion mojo!

Timeline:

Class taken: June 9th
Packet mailed: June 11th
Found out I left one of the signature spots blank: June 25th
Remailed Completed Application: July 2nd
Switched to "Processing Application": July 16th
Switched to "Application Completed": August 8th

and now I live at the mailbox...

My wait is over! Looks like a bunch of us were in this batch...

Class taken: June 14th
Packet mailed: June 15th
Packet received: June 18th
Plastic received: August 11th

Less than 60 days door-to-door so I'm happy!

Good deal, Starrbuck!

Well, I went to the mailbox on my lunch break today and my plastic is here. Now I just got another 3 week wait on my K&D holster and I'll be ready to go. Now I just gotta find that list of things I have to do at walmart again...

XDandy wrote:Timeline:

Class taken: June 9th
Packet mailed: June 11th
Found out I left one of the signature spots blank: June 25th
Remailed Completed Application: July 2nd
Switched to "Processing Application": July 16th
Switched to "Application Completed": August 8th

and now I live at the mailbox...

OK, 6 months later......

Took class: December 22nd
Packet Mailed : December 28th
Found out I left one of the signature spots blank (web form): February 20th
Remailed Completed Application: February 25th
DPS received Completed Application: February 27th
Switched to "Processing Application": Still Waiting
Switched to "Application Completed": Whenever

SAME MISTAKE, YET A MUCH LONGER TIMELINE!! I DON'T SEE PROCESSING BE MORE EFFICIENT! ON THE CONTRARY, PROCESSING IS GRINDING TO A HALT! WHAT'S GOING ON IN AUSTIN!!!!

Lobo73 wrote:

XDandy wrote:Timeline:

Class taken: June 9th
Packet mailed: June 11th
Found out I left one of the signature spots blank: June 25th
Remailed Completed Application: July 2nd
Switched to "Processing Application": July 16th
Switched to "Application Completed": August 8th

and now I live at the mailbox...

OK, 6 months later......

Took class: December 22nd
Packet Mailed : December 28th
DPS received Application: December 30th
Found out I left one of the signature spots blank (web form): February 20th
Remailed Completed Application: February 25th
DPS received Completed Application: February 27th
Switched to "Processing Application": March 11th
Switched to "Application Completed": Hopefully, by March 30th

I wonder how many people in my CHL class have already done their "Wally Walk"?

I have a lady that used to work in our office that is not at 120 days and DPS' response is, "Yeah we're running way behind." The next time I get stopped by a DPS trooper for speeding, I'll just tell him "Yeah, I running way late." I'm sure that will go over well.

Chas.

I talked to DPS yesterday. They said it was running 4-6wks JUST TO GET THE INFO PUT INTO THE COMPUTER!!!!
DH took his renewal last month & they had packet by the 10th IIRC, and his web info has not even updated to Processing App yet! At this rate he will expire before he gets the renewal in hand...

When I did my reneal in 11/07, it was running about4wks from receipt of pkt in Austin, to plastic in hand. I had mine well before my exp date. I cannot believe they suddenly got overwhelmed with paperwork. I wonder how many folks quit/laid off/fired there recently?

Vic303 wrote:I talked to DPS yesterday. They said it was running 4-6wks JUST TO GET THE INFO PUT INTO THE COMPUTER!!!!

Why can't they hire some contract labor to do data input till they get caught up? God knows they've got enough revenue to do that at $140 (new) per app.

Vic303 wrote:I talked to DPS yesterday. They said it was running 4-6wks JUST TO GET THE INFO PUT INTO THE COMPUTER!!!!
DH took his renewal last month & they had packet by the 10th IIRC, and his web info has not even updated to Processing App yet! At this rate he will expire before he gets the renewal in hand...

When I did my reneal in 11/07, it was running about4wks from receipt of pkt in Austin, to plastic in hand. I had mine well before my exp date. I cannot believe they suddenly got overwhelmed with paperwork. I wonder how many folks quit/laid off/fired there recently?

I received the same message, but IN ALL CAPS SCREAMING AT ME. I e-mailed back, very politely, that it's been 6 weeks since DPS signed for it on 1/28/08, and wanted to make sure they didn't need anything else from me. I don't want to pi$$ of a gatekeeper.

In the meantime, I just wait patiently, trying different holsters, handguns, carry styles, cover garments, etc. while carrying at the house.