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How accurate do your job history has to be when feeling out the CHL license app for the first time .... The are asking for the last 5 years

Welcome to the forum. I have checked this forum and others with similar conclusions. Be honest and most importantly do not have gaps of unaccounted time. Unemployed or student is apparently acceptable reasons. Hope this helps.

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Thanx for the welcome.....Will being off on your start date a couple months or going over on you end date a couple months mess up your app 5 years is a long time going back on job history and to be accurate I have had several jobs just not sure on the exact start and finish date.... I was also unemployed a couple months also do I just put unemployed for that time period ..... Or what thanx in advance

I'm not sure what they check it against but I would be as accurate as possible. You may be able to call your previous employers to get them to look up your records. If you just make up a date,and the state calls your previous employers and they give them different dates, it might look a little weird.

Some other options might be to get one of those free credit reports, or look at old W-2 statements or tax returns.

Ok thanx.... Guess I'll have to go to the unemployment office I know the have all my employment history.... About how long after u mail out the paper work do it take to get the CHL license in your hand

You can do it online. Much faster. I would just try and get as close to possible on the dates. I was in the military from 06-12 and had 3 deployments to Iraq. I also moved quite a bit when I was here, so I couldn't remember 100% the month and day for all my addresses, but I just tried to get as close as possible and had no issues.

When I completed my application, I didn't put exact dates related to my past "criminal" history or employment history. For example, I had a few alcohol related offenses when I was a minor and I couldn't remember all the exact dates so I put a general time frame (such as, "summer 2004" or "August 2002"). For employment history I would put "July or August 2003", etc. In fact, I didn't put one single exact date on my application. My application was accepted and I never had to answer follow-up questions or anything like that.

Your experience may vary and just because it worked for me, it may not work for you. But that was my experience. Good luck.