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Just expect it to say 'Packet Mailed to Applicant' for the next 4 to 6 weeks and then 'Processing Application' for what seems like forever.

You can email CHL@txdps.state.tx.us and ask them for your pin. You should provide them as much information as you are comfortable giving but at the absolute minimum, provide your full name and TX driver's license number (date of birth and CHL application number are also helpful to them). Just don't expect much out of the status updates.

Don't get too excited about checking the online status... it becomes an obsession and once it gets to 'Processing Application" it just seems to get stuck there for freakin ever! As of tomorrow, mine will have been showing as 'Processing Application' for exactly 60 days now which means I have probably checked it well over 100 times and it just always says the same stupid thing...