August Applications

[RedRaider29]

So i sign in the Texas DPS website for the 30,000 time this morning with little hope of seeing a change and TA DA finally Application Completed - license issued or certificate active. Now the wait for the mailman weee

Your dates are pretty much the same as mine. I really hope mine is the next application to go out in the stack, with the recent completion of several DPS applications in the August Apps I've been checking the dps website every hour on the hour! Come on DPS!!!! I'm ready to carry!

[Guns make me happy]

I am a new guy here. First I would like to say this has been a great place to get info on CHLs. I was hoping some of the people who got their chls back so soon could post what countries they live in. I am in Harris so Ike has slowed us down. Thanks!


07/27/08 took chl class
07/28/08 mailed paperwork in.
07/30/08 arrived in Austin.
08/05/08 check cleared the bank.
08/21/08 received pin number

[nils]

Guns Make Me Happy...we are about on the same time-line, and I understand the frustration that you are feeling right now. Hopefully they will get their butts in gear concerning our applications....I'm about to call Austin in a few to get my status . Good Luck.

[nils]

I just spoke to Valentina over at DPS, and she said that she had my CHL plastic in her hand, but couldn't mail it because of Harris County stalling on my BC. It makes me happy that it's only one more thing, but also angers me a little that I'm on day 80 basically since mailing it overnight. Oh well.

[g21sf]

I have lived in Angelina County for my entire 21 years of existance. Took DPS 62 days to complete my application with no criminal background at all, not even a speeding ticket

[Guns make me happy]

nils- I am not worried about the wait right now. I just read about how some of these folks have been waiting for months to get their plastic in the mail. I will be happy if I get mine before the end of the year. It would be to have it in the mail box tomorrow. I"ll just reading the forum and being happy for the people that get one in less then six months!

[nils]

GMMH...you're a more patient man than I. I am tired of waiting...tired of checking my status...tired of walking around like a sheep....just plain tired at this point . But I know that the end is coming soon....hopefully!!

[maroast]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just checked my CHL application on-line for the 500 millionth time and got the dreaded "PROCESSING APPLICATION"

THEN!!!

I checked my girlfriends application and got "Application Completed - license issued or certificate active"

So she got hers in 42 days.... I guess she's going to have to be protecting me for a while till mine comes in.

[Lonestar 48]

I spoke to my DPS person today as well and she said all she is waiting on is the license to come in. She was going to look through the stack after we talked. I told her that I would come down and help her! I did tell her that I really appreciate her, and her co-worker's efforts to get our licenses to us and she told me that made her day. We just have to remember when we talk to the DPS folks that the delays aren't their fault, and to be appreciative of their efforts.

[kbuck1984]

Hello all. DPS received my package on the 9th of Aug. As I wait and think, I have a question I hope someone here can answer for me. I'm in the military and when I fill out my background info I've lived in multiple places the past few years.
California
Kentucky
Texas
North Carolina
Kansas (No smiley Icon for COLD!)
Iraq
Kansas (Still no Icon for WAY TOO COLD!)
Missouri
Texas
Is this going to slow me down? Are they going to contact the local PD from each area and run a check on me? I understand that Texas does their own back ground checks but I have a DOD security clearance already and it seems a little pointless to me. I guess I'm just getting frustrated from the wait.

[Carry]

I have lived my whole life, 22 years, in Denton county and the past year or so down here in Hays county. Not sure if it was just pure luck or the fact I didn't have many places to check on me but somehow I made it through pretty fast.

I wonder what the DPS site showed for your status when the license actually arrived---I mean, did the status actually change beforehand so you knew it was completed?

Our apps still the same status: "Processing Application"

[bonehead1185]

I have lived my whole life, 22 years, in Denton county and the past year or so down here in Hays county. Not sure if it was just pure luck or the fact I didn't have many places to check on me but somehow I made it through pretty fast.

I wonder what the DPS site showed for your status when the license actually arrived---I mean, did the status actually change beforehand so you knew it was completed?

Our apps still the same status: "Processing Application"

Yes. It did change online to Application Complete about 4 days before I received it in the mail.

[cwood3]

I think that maybe for those of us in Harris County, it's going to be a long Fall. See, although Harris County probably has more applications to process, Harris County also has more tax dollars at work, so that Harris County can afford to utilize state of the art equipment and personnel to do the business that we pay them to do. That is why it will take us folks in Harris County longer to get processed than those in other counties. Bigger county means bigger tax base, means bigger boreauocracy (sp.). No, I'm not bitter......................................

[nils]

I'm right there with you cwood....I spoke to 2 people last week, and they both said that the DPS office in Houston isn't even returning calls right now.....The people in Austin sent a complaint letter to the Captain of the DPS to complain about such ridiculous behavior.....thanks Harris County..way to look out for your citizens...

[sivart-dod]

I'm right there with you cwood....I spoke to 2 people last week, and they both said that the DPS office in Houston isn't even returning calls right now.....The people in Austin sent a complaint letter to the Captain of the DPS to complain about such ridiculous behavior.....thanks Harris County..way to look out for your citizens...

WHAT?! THEY ARE NOT RETURNING CALLS?! That is ridiculous! Can they reeeally be that busy here in Houston?