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It changed on Friday morning, July 11th.

BTW, Friday was the wife's birthday, so they were issued perfectly to allow us to renew the course together instead of putting us a year apart had they been issued in between her birthday and mine in August.

It was very lucky.

Since I'm the one that started the thread, I suppose I should report back that my (now) wife and I received a phone call on Thursday night, July 10th, from Heather saying she had our licenses in her hand. They were issued on July 10th and should be in the mailbox today or tomorrow.

Of course, we must now send in the name change information for her new name. Heather asked that it be sent to her attention and she would ensure that it is taken care of expeditiously.

FWIW, she said my application started processing March 20th while my wife's started May 16th. They were both mailed to DPS on March 17th and the payment was processed on March 25th (mine) and March 26th (hers).

Anyway, .

Thanks Heather!!!

Received today (June 24th) from CHL Department in response to my June 12th request for status:

"HIM": Your application was received on 3/20. Applications are taking much longer than we normally expect because of the unusually large amount of applications we received. I do not have any further information at this point, because your application has not been fully entered into the system.

"HER": Due to confidentiality reasons, we cannot provide this information to anyone other then the applicant. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at 1-800-224-5744



Christopher Pierce

Texas Department of Public Safety

I'll have the rib send them an e-mail PDQ.

Today is the 90th day following the date my check was cashed. I received my PIN# 75 days ago. The rib hasn't even received a PIN# yet which I assume means her application has not yet been entered into the "system."

Per an e-mail forwarded to my district representative 9 days ago:

The CHL Bureau is about 15-30 days behind in processing original CHL applications and 10-15 days behind in processing CHL renewal applications. These delays are the time period beyond the standard 60-day processing time for both original and renewal CHL applications. This backlog is due to a 30% increase in applications since late 2007, as noted in the attached statistics. To help remedy this backlog, the CHL Bureau has hired temporary employees and is working employees on overtime schedules.

Seems like we should be getting news soon.

WC, keep the faith.

This is a great board for information. I also just enjoy gawking at all the hardware that everyone else has.

Hopefully DPS will get their butts in gear. Kinda makes me regret being so quick to take care of my last DPS issued speeding ticket. But wait, there would probably be consequences for me!

Gig 'em!

Alright, at the recommendation of most of you on this site, I have forwarded my concerns to my state representative, Kelly Hancock, as well as a copy to DPS and Governor Perry.

We'll see what this turns up.

Just trying to get a handle on the status of those applicants who submitted their application sometime in March.

My fiancee and I took the course on March 15th and submitted the application and course scores March 17th. Checks were cashed on March 25th (him) and March 26th (her), indicating receipt by DPS. He received his PIN on April 9th. She has not received a PIN yet.

Some of the February applicants haven't been approved yet, while some of the April applicants have. Is there no method to their madness? It seems like FIFO would be the best policy.

Should I contact DPS, State Representative and/or Governor yet or give it a few more days?