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mtnthundr2 wrote:I think they usually give themselves a good cushion of time when notifying someone of the completion/approval of their application. Once you see the changes on the website you should have the plastic in a week or less and I'm guessing you'll see the change on the website by Monday.....keep your chin up, you're almost there!!

jmra wrote:

llucas wrote:. . . still waiting.

Have you contacted your state rep? Many Aug applicants are reporting turn arounds of less than 2 weeks. They can't be that far behind.

jeffdick wrote:Last one for May. Finally got mine in the mail yesterday!

Pluto wrote:

llucas wrote:I decided to call chl this morning since it has been more than 60 days since my docs were mailed. After a 30 minute wait on the phone a very cordial man told me everything is complete except the FBI background check and that the background check can take up to 60 days. If the background check takes that long this could easily turn into a four month wait. Also, they do not know when online status check will again be functional.

Welcome to the club I've been in background check for 2 weeks and am told it can take up to 6 weeks...my girlfriend already got hers and it makes the wait so much worse

mtnthundr2 wrote:

llucas wrote:I called today as 30 days have passed since final documents submitted. After a 30 minute hold on the phone I reached someone. Took my name and drivers license number to look up my application. I was told he could not find confirmation that my application process has started or documents received. I was told to check back in two to three weeks. At this point I am not even in the queue which means they probably haven't even started the background check which in and of itself takes a minimum of three weeks these days. I looked at the last annual CHL stats posted on the website: if applications have increased any over the last annual report, they would need to process between 800 to 900 applicants per working day (based on five day work week) just to keep up. FYI.

llucas, have you checked the website to see if there is a status change/documents received? My status updated after 1 week, it showed documents received and what is in 'review'. I had a hard time when I first went to the website to check the status .... I couldn't find exactly where I was supposed to look. Here's the address to the website to check the status, https://txapps.texas.gov/txapp/txdps/chl/login.do" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; its the same place we all go to do our online application, but this time we are considered a "returning user" and access our info from the "login" button on the bottom right of the screen. First you have to hit the login button then type in your DL # and DOB, then "continue". It will bring you to your status page that shows this info; (or something like this!)
Application : Received
Fingerprints : Complete
Affidavits : Received
DL or ID : Valid
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received
Photo : Received
Proof of Classroom training : Received
Proof of Proficiency training : Received
Fee : Received
Background Check : Under review
Concealed Handgun License : Print pending completion of application review

Each line is colored either yellow or green and has a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in it or a green circle with a checkmark in it. If it were me, and 30 days had passed and I didn't see any updates, I would seriously consider submitting all my documentation again through the website, http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/contact/default.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; select the program (concealed handgun) from the drop down menu, choose "submit CHL supporting documents" from the drop down menu, fill in all the info, click "choose file" to browse your computer for the correct documents/file (hint, I scanned all of my documents into one file so all i had to do was attach only one file), and then at the bottom of the tabs for "choose file" you'll see an "ATTACH" tab/button, be sure to click ATTACH once you have attached all of your documents BEFORE you hit "submit form"
I hope this helped, I am, by no means, an expert at this ..... I must have just stumbled across the correct place to submit my documents as I received a status update 7 days after submission. I'm sure I still have a long wait ahead of me for the license but at least I know they have my stuff .... Good luck to you, I hope you hear soon that all documents have been received and are in review!
PS .... within a day of my online submission of documents, I had an email confirmation that documents were received......because you never received that email conf I would DEF upload them again. As an FYI ....the first time I attached them (and thought I did it right) I realized that I hadn't done it right because I didn't see that ** ATTACH ** button at the bottom of the 'attach file' column .... I had to go back and do it again, once I clicked the ATTACH button then submit form I got a confirmation page, "thank you for contacting TXDPS, your inquiry has been successfully been submitted for a response"