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Took the class on Saturday, 2/14.
Mailed my application packet & USPS money order today from Lake Houston area.

...and the waiting begins...

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Well, you can add me to the list, and I'm not very patient either

01/22/09 completed online app
02/02/09 received packet
02/07/09 completed CHL class
02/09/09 mailed packet priority delivery confirmation w/check (miss marked veteran status for online app)
02/10/09 delivery confirmed
02/27/09 check cashed by DPS and online status changed to "processing application"
04/07/09 permit issued
04/10/09 plastic received
Yeah, it's here finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Add one more to the list. Brazos County here. Submitted the paperwork yesterday, 2/17.

Welcome to the waiting room everyone. Hope your stay here is brief.

While here, take time to read some of the fine post on the forum and gather as much information as possible so you are ready to roll when you receive your plastic!!

Morgan wrote:

BriN wrote:

ysaias wrote:A friend of mine just got his CHL, he took the class on Nov.11 and yesterday 2/12/2009 he found out that his CHL is in the mail. That is pretty quick.

That doesn't sound all that quick to me considering they have 60 days to issue. They have done a pretty good job of lowering expectations by doing a bad job when people start to feel that 90 days is pretty quick.

Only problem with your supposition is that the person you're replying to didn't tell you how long it too the guy to SEND the paperwork. We've heard people come in here saying, "I took the class 6 months ago, but just haven't sent in the paperwork...."

One can only suppose based on the information provided -- including the frequency with which people are receiving plastic in 90 days or so. What was provided leads one to believe that 3 months is to be viewed as pretty quick. If that supposition is accurate, that does not seem very quick to me. If more information is provided that explains why it is quick, my supposition will change (for this one circumstance at least).

I took the class Saturday 2/14 and dropped the packet and cashiers check off at DPS headquarters at noon today.

BriN wrote:
One can only suppose based on the information provided -- including the frequency with which people are receiving plastic in 90 days or so. What was provided leads one to believe that 3 months is to be viewed as pretty quick. If that supposition is accurate, that does not seem very quick to me. If more information is provided that explains why it is quick, my supposition will change (for this one circumstance at least).

Thats mostly due to the guys on here that have been waiting for over 100 days, some even 200 days... So compared to those guys, 90 days can be considered quick.. The DPS and related parties dont get in any hurry to give you what is rightfully yours to begin with..

Bunkins wrote:

BriN wrote:
One can only suppose based on the information provided -- including the frequency with which people are receiving plastic in 90 days or so. What was provided leads one to believe that 3 months is to be viewed as pretty quick. If that supposition is accurate, that does not seem very quick to me. If more information is provided that explains why it is quick, my supposition will change (for this one circumstance at least).

Thats mostly due to the guys on here that have been waiting for over 100 days, some even 200 days... So compared to those guys, 90 days can be considered quick.. The DPS and related parties dont get in any hurry to give you what is rightfully yours to begin with..

That is my fundamental point. It is a sad day when anything more than the legal timeframe seems quick (by comparison of course). The moral of the story... do a bad job... lower expectations.

Back on topic...
Papers sent in on 2/17, confirmed delivery in Austin on 2/18. Hopefully a PIN number will be coming soon.

ysaias wrote:cmartinez95, where did you take the class?

I took it at Shiloh Shooting Range. You?

cmartinez95 wrote:

ysaias wrote:cmartinez95, where did you take the class?

I took it at Shiloh Shooting Range. You?

That is where I took mine. I really like that range even though it is getting busy on the weekends.

Well, I guess I'll park it here now that I've turned in my application.

I have a friend from San Antonio who received his plastic five weeks from the time he mailed in his app. I can only dream mine will be this fast.

I know it's going to get kicked back because I didn't send in all the court documentation they will want.
I am working on getting that and decided to send in my application in the mean time.

I'm theorizing that at least they'll have it and get started and maybe I'll have the court's paperwork in hand when they ask for it.

I'm not counting the days... yet.

Took the class with Tom Estep on Friday 23 Feb. and mailed everything in at lunch today.

Sargergp wrote:Well, you can add me to the list, and I'm not very patient either

me either, my packet was received 14 days ago and im running to the mailbox everyday like its already going to be there

Filed on line. Received the packet yesterday and it included the Pin#. In the mail yesterday. OOPS -- I forgot to include one item in the package. Dang!!!

I called and was told, "Just wait until notified before sending, you should hear something within two months."

I hope that doesn't delay the process too long...


Filed on line and Charged to CC 2/06/09
CHL class 2/11/09
Received Pin and Packet 2/24/09
Mailed Packet 2/24/09
Confirmed delivery in Austin 2/26/09