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I learned from DPS this week that at some point in the future, CHL applicants' prints with this method will not require printed cards - and the digital photo they take may replace the hard copy of passport photos.

IF their plan of 2% or less rejects due to inadmissable fingerprints on the FBI card does hold true, THAT in itself will save lots of folks some grief.

One of my CHL students from last week scheduled an appointment with these folks in Dallas for 11:45 this morning. She's one who is up against the wall deadline-wise and must have her renewal stuff to Austin by Friday. So, I went with her to see the new routine.

We were both rather disapponted. It seems the operator there did not yet have her printer. And there was going to be a substantial additional charge to have them printed elsewhere (Missouri?) and overnighted.

Hopefully just "start-up pains", but certainly not "FAST" in her case. She drove back to Flower Mound PD for fingerprinting the old fashion way. And to pray ...

Thanks for posting. Your "here" is a link I'd not found. It looks like the've presently got more places "pending" than operational.

FWIW, one other "incidental" items that your CHL class may or may not include is notarization of the 3 affidavits.

Instructor here and this addition to DPS web site is indeed "New". And I spent several minutes going through the links and never did find a listing of specific locations in Tejas.

Or cost. In the past, fingerprinting agencies could charge $10. (Lewsiville PD charges $10 per card!) And yes, both the applicant and individual doing the fingerprinting are supposed to sign the back of one of the 2 passport photos.

I did my DPS Instructor Renewal school back in Sept. and recall no mention of this. Maybe some other more-recently-edumacated instructors will chime in shortly.