Difference of status and lack of patience
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Difference of status and lack of patience
A friend of mine and I both registered on the same day, tool our class together, even sent in all of our completed paperwork on the same day. Then the timing ceased to line up. His application showed recieved a few days before mine. As of yesterday he received his plastic in the mail. My application is still in background check under review status...anyone else experience this before?
Re: Difference of status and lack of patience
Yup. That is the way it works.
Re: Difference of status and lack of patience
Same here.
A friend and I took the renewal class the same day and mailed our packets on the way home. Same post office, same post office counter man, same price to send both, they went in the same pile outgoing at the post office.
His showed received nine days before mine did, he has plastic in hand as of yesterday.
Mine still shows in background check.
I imagine the difference is which desk it ends up on to be processed. I'm sure the folks working diligently to process the apps have an occasional sick day, vacation or end up with one that takes an extra hour or two to get done. Then of course there are the inevitable computer problems.
I notice all of his updates were on a Saturday, all of mine have been on a Thursday. Not sure what that implies, probably nothing at all.
Hang in there, it'll show up eventually.
I try not to think my app might have gotten inadvertently put in the wrong pile, or ended up on a desk where the processor is on maternity leave or vacation and ended up in the overload basket of those taking up the slack.
I have to believe though, they could spend a few bucks and tie the records together in a database and let applicants upload everything electronically. I have a lot of love for the post office, but snail mail is called that for a reason - shuffling stacks of paper can be exceedingly slow at times.
I can't help but believe the whole process involves a lot of drudge work and little to get excited about for those who process apps day in and day out.
I can see them working at a pace that assures accuracy and completeness vs rushing to get the apps done just to get them out the door.
Plus, if all of you good folks would just throttle back on your apps when I'm up for renewal I'm sure I could have plastic in hand in short order
A friend and I took the renewal class the same day and mailed our packets on the way home. Same post office, same post office counter man, same price to send both, they went in the same pile outgoing at the post office.
His showed received nine days before mine did, he has plastic in hand as of yesterday.
Mine still shows in background check.
I imagine the difference is which desk it ends up on to be processed. I'm sure the folks working diligently to process the apps have an occasional sick day, vacation or end up with one that takes an extra hour or two to get done. Then of course there are the inevitable computer problems.
I notice all of his updates were on a Saturday, all of mine have been on a Thursday. Not sure what that implies, probably nothing at all.
Hang in there, it'll show up eventually.
I try not to think my app might have gotten inadvertently put in the wrong pile, or ended up on a desk where the processor is on maternity leave or vacation and ended up in the overload basket of those taking up the slack.
I have to believe though, they could spend a few bucks and tie the records together in a database and let applicants upload everything electronically. I have a lot of love for the post office, but snail mail is called that for a reason - shuffling stacks of paper can be exceedingly slow at times.
I can't help but believe the whole process involves a lot of drudge work and little to get excited about for those who process apps day in and day out.
I can see them working at a pace that assures accuracy and completeness vs rushing to get the apps done just to get them out the door.
Plus, if all of you good folks would just throttle back on your apps when I'm up for renewal I'm sure I could have plastic in hand in short order
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smoothoperator
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Re: Difference of status and lack of patience
Send your renewal in 3 months before your current license expires and you should be safe.45Carrier wrote:Plus, if all of you good folks would just throttle back on your apps when I'm up for renewal I'm sure I could have plastic in hand in short order
Does anyone remember how long DPS has to process renewals before they're breaking the law?
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txhighlander
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Re: Difference of status and lack of patience
My wife an I took our class the same day, sent our paper work the same day. She got her chl almost 45 days before I did. 
I had a Texas chl for 8 years prior so I am in their system. My first wife lost the payment so I had to start the process over again an it had only been a few years since I had the chl. It is the draw of the cards, you never know how they may fall.
I had a Texas chl for 8 years prior so I am in their system. My first wife lost the payment so I had to start the process over again an it had only been a few years since I had the chl. It is the draw of the cards, you never know how they may fall.Truth against the world