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by TexasSully
Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:45 am
Forum: The "Waiting Room"
Topic: Late December applicants still waiting?
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Re: Late December applicants still waiting?

sweatmachine wrote:
TexasSully wrote: This was about a week after contacting your Rep and Governor?
Indeed it was. After contacting my state representative's office I received a call the next day from DPS saying they'd have the license to me in about a week. It was in my hands 6 days later. :thumbs2:
I'll be looking for mine next week then. I got a call as a result of Dawna Dukes office intervening yesterday and they told me it was off to the printer. Although Abbott's office sent me a letter telling me that the director's office would be contacting me, I never heard from them. I have to say I was my Rep was more effective.

Congrats on the Plastic :cheers2:
by TexasSully
Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:15 pm
Forum: The "Waiting Room"
Topic: Late December applicants still waiting?
Replies: 127
Views: 29126

Re: Late December applicants still waiting?

sweatmachine wrote:My friends, the eagle has landed. I received plastic in the mail today.

:anamatedbanana :txflag: :fire :hurry:

CHL class: 12/20/15
Online App, documents sent, confirmation received: 12/21/15
Fingerprints: 12/23/15
Status Change: 3/22/16
Plastic in hand: 3/23/16

For a grand total of 93 calendar days and 61 business days since my confirmation email. If I hadn't called my state rep and Gov Abbott, who knows how long it would have taken? I think that shaved off 2-3 weeks.

It's been real, folks. Y'all be safe out there! :thumbs2: :txflag:
This was about a week after contacting your Rep and Governor?
by TexasSully
Tue Mar 22, 2016 6:55 am
Forum: The "Waiting Room"
Topic: Late December applicants still waiting?
Replies: 127
Views: 29126

Re: Late December applicants still waiting?

TexHorns wrote:
Turban cowboy wrote:
TexHorns wrote:I too have received a call from a DPS manager who assured me that they have approved my application and is waiting to be mailed 7-10 days from last Wednesday. I took your advice and emailed the governor and received the call from the DPS. Blown away that they actually called me! I now have her direct line in case I need another update. She was VERY polite, apologetic, and understood my frustrations. I told her to post stuff on the website or set real expectations and we wouldn't be this concerned. She agreed that would minimize their call and email volume. Sounded like I was preaching to the chior.

Still waiting, but hopefully have it by the end of the week!

Email confirmation 12/29.
Website changed just now!
Hey TexHorns, do you mind posting the contact emails for the Gov. And if you don't mind, what exactly did you write? Thank you in advance
I received an email from the Governors office last Wednesday telling me someone from the DPS would be calling me, but so far no call. I sent a second email to Abbott yesterday reminding him that I was supposed to get a call, we'll see what happens.
by TexasSully
Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:39 pm
Forum: The "Waiting Room"
Topic: Late December applicants still waiting?
Replies: 127
Views: 29126

Re: Late December applicants still waiting?

sweatmachine wrote:Early this morning I received a call from a manager at DPS. Evidently my call to my state rep and/or Gov Greg Abbott's office made the wheels start spinning. The DPS manager sounded like someone fairly high up that could make things happen.

He said he'll be pulling my application from the stack and will process it individually ASAP, and he hopes to have plastic to me within a week. From the sounds of things they haven't touched my application yet, at least at the background check stage. It's just sitting in a pile somewhere. No telling how long it would have been had I not gone to my state reps/Gov's office.

If you're a December applicant and are still waiting I urge you to call/email your state reps and rattle some chains!

:txflag: :txflag: :txflag:
I received the same email verbatim from the Governor's staff late this afternoon. I am hoping to get the same response that you did. I sent another email to my State Rep and her Chief of Staff said if DPS does not contact me by Friday to reach out to them. I am hoping this puts some heat on RSD.

:txflag:

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