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Thank You both for your responses. - The whole inconsistancy of it all is a sad indicment on our state goverment. In this day of computers and instant background checks, the internet and such you would think that the whole thing would be done in 2-3 weeks max! UNBELIEVABLE! And am I alone in thinking that completing the application correctl. putting the tape in the exact correct place, dotting every i and crossing every t was extremely complicated - My wife and I were not confident that we had done every step EXACTLY correctly. Was that part kinda weird to the rest of you as well ?? !! Thanks Melvin - Mountain City Tx

Hi All

Me - Mailed application Feb 20, 08 - PIN received Feb 20th, April 7th (Today) - Still "Processing Application".
Wife - Mailed application Feb 20, 08 - PIN received April 1st, April 7th (Today) - Still "Processing Application".

I have 4 questions! Would anyone that has spent some time on this forum give me your input on what the answer to these 4 questions might be PLEASE - THANKS for your input!

Well - My wife and I BOTH mailed our applications on Feb 20th 08 and that brings me to my first question. Why is there a huge disparity in the difference in time for when people receive their letter with their PIN Number ??? I received mine around Feb 28th - Only ONE WEEK after I mailed my application and my wife finally received her PIN letter just over a week ago - Well over a month after DPS received our applications!! Have any of you that have been reading these forum posts longer than me figured out why there would be a one month difference in receiving PIN letters from 2 seperate applications that were mailed the SAME day?

Next I bring up question number TWO! Immidiately after receiving my Pin letter I went online and checked the progress (which I have done every day for the past 40 days!) and EVERY single day it says the same thing - PROCESSING APPLICATION. Question 2 is: Is "PROCESSING APPLICATION" the only thing the site tells you until such day as it changes to "Certficate Issued" or some such verbiage meaning that your license is being mailed? What is the point of that? Is this whole big deal about checking the status of your application solely to read "PROCESSING APPLICATION" from the first day you get the Pin to the last day when your license is mailed - Is all that there is to it ??? Ha Ha!

Has anyone read enough of the Waiting Room topics to see if there is any kind of average time that has been figured out - Is it around 2 months like the DPS says or a little faster. Can anyone give me their guess as to what the average wait in 2008 is?

And finally - Is there any insight to be gained from calling DPS and asking a live questionas to the status of your application or does everybody who calls get same generic info when they call?

To recap -

1) Receiving PIN leter in 7 days or 5 weeks from a couple who mailed applications the SAME day. WHY the difference?

2) "Processing Application" - Is that the only info that this big - "Check the status of your application" thing does. Is that all it's about?

3) What is the real average time people wait to get their application approved and license sent - Is it really about a 60 day average?

4) Anything to be gained by calling DPS and inquiring as to the status?

Thanks VERY MUCH to anyone who has some opinion on any of these questions!

Texananproud
Mountain City Texas