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jbarn wrote:

Crossfire wrote:They want to know where you have lived and physically worked for the past 5 years so they can conduct a local background check.

The do not contact your employer, but if you give them a work phone number, and they have questions, they will contact YOU at that number.

They don't do a background check on an address change.

Even if they didn't do another background check, that could be part of updating the information in their database to keep it current.

Crossfire wrote:They want to know where you have lived and physically worked for the past 5 years so they can conduct a local background check.

The do not contact your employer, but if you give them a work phone number, and they have questions, they will contact YOU at that number.

The voicemail message was left for me, not my employer. I called her back when I had privacy. Our conversation was about my DL not about guns or CHL.

billv wrote:I went through the process online of updating my address at the online site for the DPS CHL.

At one point they are asking for my employer, employer's address, phone number, etc. There is no way to get past this without entering the info and entering bogus info would be illegal.

Why are they asking for this information? What section of the CHL code authorizes them to request this information?

This information is not requested on the downloadable change of address form (CHL-70)

Thoughts?

Thanks,

When I got my CHL the DPS Trooper who was doing my background check. She called me at my workphone and left a message so I could call back. She needed a copy of my temporary DL because it wasn't showing up in the system. I faxed a copy and that was the end of it.

There is no CHL code that I know of that authorizes them to request this information. For most people it is easier to contact me at work. That is where I usually spend my time during normal working hours. I don't think that there is an sinister reason behind asking for this information.