"Waiting Room"

So, your CHL Application has been filed and the clock has slowed to a crawl - tell us about it!

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md30
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Hrivera1 wrote:The wife said nothing for me in the mail but she is snicky so I have to wait till 9pm to be sure. If not I really hope tomorrow is the day I live way down south so it might take that extra day.
Hopefully if not tonight then by tomorrow you will have it. It took 6 days for me from when my status went to mailed to have plastic in hand and I live in the far west part of the state.
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md30 wrote:
Hrivera1 wrote:The wife said nothing for me in the mail but she is snicky so I have to wait till 9pm to be sure. If not I really hope tomorrow is the day I live way down south so it might take that extra day.
Hopefully if not tonight then by tomorrow you will have it. It took 6 days for me from when my status went to mailed to have plastic in hand and I live in the far west part of the state.
Nothing yesterday I really hope today is the big day kinda bumming that so many received there's yesterday with the same mailed date as mine Wish me luck.
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Wife says that my permit is sitting at home waiting for me to get out of work. Big thanks for everyone who answered my questions. 55 days mailbox to mailbox. :anamatedbanana :txflag:
Best of luck to everyone on the waiting room.
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Hello all, great site here. Very informative. I've referred to this site numerous times and finally joined. Guess I'll post my dates here too.

1/26/13 - CHL class taken
2/13/13 - Submitted Application & paid Fee
3/02/13 - Fingerprints and Passport photo taken
3/04/13 - Mailed packet Certified mail
3/13/13 - USPS Delivery conformation
3/22/13 - Application processed online and awaiting on the receipt of required materials.

I'm curious, since I paid on February 13, would they have started my background check around that time, or do they have to wait until they receive my packet? It was 1 month from when I paid for everything until they received my packet. Just wandering and like most people, WAITING!!!!!!!
1/26/13-CHL Class Taken
2/13/13-Submitted App
3/04/13-Mailed Packet Certified Mail
3/13/13-DPS Signature
4/26/13-Status on Web-BG Under Review
5/08/13-BG Complete-Mfg. Pending
5/09/13-Manufacturing
5/10/13-Mailed
5/15/13-Received
-63 Days DPS Received to my mailbox-
-73 Days Mailbox to Mailbox-
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ntxshooter wrote:Hello all, great site here. Very informative. I've referred to this site numerous times and finally joined. Guess I'll post my dates here too.

1/26/13 - CHL class taken
2/13/13 - Submitted Application & paid Fee
3/02/13 - Fingerprints and Passport photo taken
3/04/13 - Mailed packet Certified mail
3/13/13 - USPS Delivery conformation
3/22/13 - Application processed online and awaiting on the receipt of required materials.

I'm curious, since I paid on February 13, would they have started my background check around that time, or do they have to wait until they receive my packet? It was 1 month from when I paid for everything until they received my packet. Just wandering and like most people, WAITING!!!!!!!
I don't pretend to know it all, but I would assume that nothing starts until the entire package is complete and received by DPS. Look around the board and you will see that a timeline similar to mine is pretty typical. Good Luck!

My timeline...
CHL mailed 1/26
Background check under review 2/16
Manufacturing pending 3/10
Manufacturing 3/12
Mailed 3/13
Received 3/20, post mark 3/19
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ntxshooter
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thanks
1/26/13-CHL Class Taken
2/13/13-Submitted App
3/04/13-Mailed Packet Certified Mail
3/13/13-DPS Signature
4/26/13-Status on Web-BG Under Review
5/08/13-BG Complete-Mfg. Pending
5/09/13-Manufacturing
5/10/13-Mailed
5/15/13-Received
-63 Days DPS Received to my mailbox-
-73 Days Mailbox to Mailbox-
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FINALLY....received my license in mail today....61 days from mailbox to mailbox.

Now gotta do my Wally Walk.

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mlsa wrote:FINALLY....received my license in mail today....61 days from mailbox to mailbox.

Now gotta do my Wally Walk.

David
:anamatedbanana :anamatedbanana :woohoo

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hikerhayes wrote:
hikerhayes wrote:
mvnolantx wrote:
mvnolantx wrote: Class Taken: 01-19-13
Info Mailed: 01-22-13
Application : Received 02-11-13
Fingerprints : Complete 02-11-13
Affidavits : Received 02-11-13
DL or ID : Valid 02-11-13
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received 02-11-13
Photo : Received 02-11-13
Proof of Classroom training : Received 02-11-13
Proof of Proficiency training : Received 02-11-13
Fee : Received 02-11-13
Background Check : 03-05-13


Went to MAILED sometime after 5:30 this morning!!!! Finally, it's on it's way. Hopefully by next weekend it will be here.
:woohoo

Exact same timeline as yours, but still Background Check : Under review.... :shock: :shock: :shock: :confused5 :confused5
Background Check finally completed!!!! :anamatedbanana

54 days from mailing, so far...

Background Check : Completed 03/17/13
Concealed Handgun License : Manufacturing Pending 03/17/13
3/20/13 Mailed!!!
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hikerhayes wrote:
hikerhayes wrote:
hikerhayes wrote:
mvnolantx wrote:
mvnolantx wrote: Class Taken: 01-19-13
Info Mailed: 01-22-13
Application : Received 02-11-13
Fingerprints : Complete 02-11-13
Affidavits : Received 02-11-13
DL or ID : Valid 02-11-13
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received 02-11-13
Photo : Received 02-11-13
Proof of Classroom training : Received 02-11-13
Proof of Proficiency training : Received 02-11-13
Fee : Received 02-11-13
Background Check : 03-05-13


Went to MAILED sometime after 5:30 this morning!!!! Finally, it's on it's way. Hopefully by next weekend it will be here.
:woohoo

Exact same timeline as yours, but still Background Check : Under review.... :shock: :shock: :shock: :confused5 :confused5
Background Check finally completed!!!! :anamatedbanana

54 days from mailing, so far...

Background Check : Completed 03/17/13
Concealed Handgun License : Manufacturing Pending 03/17/13
3/20/13 Mailed!!!
Should have by the weekend :woohoo
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Glock 27
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hikerhayes
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hikerhayes wrote:
hikerhayes wrote:
hikerhayes wrote:
mvnolantx wrote:
mvnolantx wrote: Class Taken: 01-19-13
Info Mailed: 01-22-13
Application : Received 02-11-13
Fingerprints : Complete 02-11-13
Affidavits : Received 02-11-13
DL or ID : Valid 02-11-13
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received 02-11-13
Photo : Received 02-11-13
Proof of Classroom training : Received 02-11-13
Proof of Proficiency training : Received 02-11-13
Fee : Received 02-11-13
Background Check : 03-05-13


Went to MAILED sometime after 5:30 this morning!!!! Finally, it's on it's way. Hopefully by next weekend it will be here.
:woohoo

Exact same timeline as yours, but still Background Check : Under review.... :shock: :shock: :shock: :confused5 :confused5
Background Check finally completed!!!! :anamatedbanana

54 days from mailing, so far...

Background Check : Completed 03/17/13
Concealed Handgun License : Manufacturing Pending 03/17/13
3/20/13 Mailed!!!
3/25/13 Got it in the mail today!!!! :anamatedbanana :anamatedbanana :anamatedbanana :anamatedbanana
Wally Walk completed!!
62 days from mailing in my paperwork to receiving it in the mail...
:woohoo
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Howdy, new here. Just wanted to post my timeline for y'all.

Completed all the training and fingerprints before this.
DPS received docs with USPS confirmation - 2/20/13
DPS updated the site saying they had them and documents were all good - 3/25
Background check completed and manufacturing pending - 3/26

Background check completed in one day. Clean as a whistle. Apparently they overlooked the fact that I voted Romney.

For the record I'm an Englishman born to American parents abroad. Maybe that put my papers in a different stack.
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Mine changed to mailed this morning. Now I can check the mail box like I was checking the DPS site.
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