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How long was your wait?
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:02 pm
by LuckyTexan
I'm interested to know how long fellow Texans have waited from start to finish in the CHL process...
Please share your experiences.
Thanks!
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:16 pm
by johncanfield
About six weeks for me, about four months for wifey (a huge screw-up with fingerprints between L-1 and DPS.)
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:20 pm
by hdmc
4 weeks 3 days mail box to mail box
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:21 pm
by trentwhite778
Saturday will be 10 weeks and counting.
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:07 pm
by Ark03
37 days mailbox to mailbox.
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:17 pm
by daniel2002p
33 days form the time they received it, to the time I had my CHL in hand.
--Daniel
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:54 pm
by LuckyTexan
9/7/2012 = background check under review... still waiting. shouldn't be too long now.

Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:20 pm
by Kadelic
CHL TIMELINE
2/28/12 Packet Mailed
3/01/12 Delivery Confirmation
3/20/12 BG Under Review
3/29/12 BG Check Completed
3/30/12 Manufacturing
4/03/30 Mailed
4/07/12 Plastic In Hand!
39 Days
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:29 pm
by ffemt300
30 days. mailbox to mailbox.

Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:40 pm
by Songbird
30-something days for both my husband and I.
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 4:12 pm
by XDSConcealer
46 days mailbox to mailbox
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 5:01 pm
by tbrown
More than 800 forum members' wait times at
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Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:53 pm
by cdalgo79
31 days
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:36 pm
by bt1911
2nd renewal - Took class on 9/15. Submitted paperwork on 9/18. Website said permit was mailed on 9/21. Received in the mail Thursday, 9/27. Overall took 9 days after I mailed it. I guess since they use your prior info, i.e. fingerprints and photos, that cuts down a whole bunch on wait time.
Re: How long was your wait?
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:47 pm
by poppo
bt1911 wrote:Overall took 9 days after I mailed it. I guess since they use your prior info, i.e. fingerprints and photos, that cuts down a whole bunch on wait time.
Not necessarily. My renewal took 47 days. As others have noted, it really seems to depend on who's desk it lands on.
bt1911 wrote:Submitted paperwork on 9/18. Website said permit was mailed on 9/21
But if this was the second renewal that doesn't need the class or BC, then I guess that would explain the short time.