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[quote="MrsFosforos"] <snip> make copies of the packet before you mail it in.

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For sure --- ALWAYS , unless you truly believe the USPS never loses anything

BTW, my application was finally approved as of Monday of this week, about 45 days after Austin received it. Hopefully the plastic really IS in the mail.

vanuta wrote:I did the online application before I took the class and definitely would recommend you do that, seems to make things easier

Likewise, AND DPS sent me my PIN with the return application packet. It was listed on the hard copy of the forms DPS returned to me that I filled out on-line. Apparently some people wait a week or two AFTER sending in the application for the PIN. The packet arrived about 5 or 6 days after I filled in the forms on-line.

I took the class a few days after I had filled out the app on-line and did not have the packet yet. The CHL Instructor stated I should have waited till I got the packet back to take the class, but allowed me to do the class anyhow. I filled out all the docs in class and just substituted my application form which DPS sent me a few days later for the one provided in class. Just had to write my number on one photo and the photo form after I got the packet back.

Of course, the USPS took a full seven days to deliver the registered mail package with all my forms back to Austin - I could have driven it there in a couple of hours!

Now, I see "Processing Application" when I check status, --- Day 18 since snail mail finally got it there.