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I got my license in the mail today (Wed. 24th). The Texas Online website showed I was complete on Friday the 19th. The envelope was post marked as mailed on Monday the 22nd. 111 days total from the day I mailed my paperwork off. I had no problems along the way. I carried my Kahr IWB all day and at work. Perfect setup for this weather. Kramer Leather is still working on my custom IWB #3 for my CZ-75B. Should have it by the end of June or the top of July. No worries as it's my cool weather setup.

I'm not at all upset that it took 111 days total. I'm aware DPS is working as hard as they can, and especially that our Representatives are aware of the problem with processing times. They don't need us informing them of our situation. You'd have to be living under a rock not to know about it. Not only are they already in the know with them being at the governmental level, but the issue has been well covered in the news as well. I'm sure that catering to CHL applicants isn't the number one priority of our Representatives anyhow.

I stayed very busy getting extremely familiar with my carry piece by shooting as often as I could and carrying whenever I was at home. Not only did this make time fly, but now I feel very comfortable wearing it.

wjh81,

I was actually surprised not to see the envelope in the mail today. Only 1.5 hours away from Austin, and I was approved and completed on Friday. Maybe tomorrow? Let me know when you get yours as I see we were done on the same day.

Crawl, are you kidding? Why call? Have you been reading any of the posts on this forum? It took 106 days for my application to be completed and I'm not even in Harris County. No point in calling. Be patient, my friend. You mailed your stuff quite a bit after I did.

I think I might stick around until my license arrives in the mail. I think I'll receive it sometime Mon.-Wed. I got the complete message on Friday after 106 days of waiting. I didn't call or e-mail DPS even once. I figured bothering them with stupid "Are we there yet?" questions like a child on a road trip would be counterproductive. I feel my patience has paid off. No problems were encountered regarding fingerprints, pictures, signatures, etc... along the way. Just a nice smooth wait. It was a long time coming but the wait is over! The long time was expected with all the applicants as of late. I believe everyone who bugs their representatives and clogs up the DPS e-mail should be sent to the bottom of "the stack." If it weren't for them, who knows? - people might be getting their complete messages earlier. Waiting sucks but it's a burden everyone who applies for a CHL has to simply accept. I can't wait to get my plastic! Mail only takes a day to get here from Austin.

It took longer than I expected but at least it's finally over with!

Application Completed - license issued or certificate active

I mailed my packet off the 5th of March. This message was posted today on their website. It was 106 days total from the day it was sent (Over a quarter of a year!). Good luck to everyone else! My Kahr's going for a ride on my strongside in a few days. Take care. I'm outta here!

Well, today will be my 99th day of waiting since I mailed everything off. No letters concerning bad fingerprints or pictures, etc... I'm just going to continue waiting patiently. I heard through the grapevine that a good deal of faulty licenses came back from the printing company. Maybe I was in that batch, maybe not. That was around the 27th of May I heard that, and I also heard it was going to take 2-3 weeks to square the problem away. Anyhow, I've got my Kahr P9 ready for summer carry along with my High Noon holster and a box of Hornady Critical Defense for when it gets here. "Processing Application" is what I see every day. Ho hum. I'm starting to get antsy and can't wait 'til it arrives.

Hey guys and gals! This will only be my second post. I sent my packet off the 5th of March and was issued my PIN about a month thereafter. Today will only be my 84th day of waiting since I mailed my packet to Austin. From the looks of everything online it's currently taking 95-110 days for licenses to be issued - that is if there aren't any problems like smudged prints or missing information - problems which I've been lucky not to have. I still don't plan on inquiring about the status of my application via the DPS phone number or e-mail address. I just wish everyone would stop that so DPS can focus ALL of their abilities on processing, not answering stupid questions (i.e. "What's taking so long?" etc...). There're only like 6 people in that office. Replying to e-mails definitely slows things down. Think about it - pure logic. I do, however, check my status at the website regularly.

I have since gotten my Kahr P9 out of layaway and boy is it sweet! I've already put over 200 rounds through it with excellent results. I already have a holster for it as well - a High Noon Bare Asset (IWB) - it's awesome. I have a really nice custom Kramer IWB holster being made that I put on order a while back for my full size CZ-75B. It should be here by the beginning of June. I'm staying busy working, reading, and shooting. I saw Terminator: Salvation last weekend also. It was very cool! Lots of shooting in it for us - guns actually run out of ammo in it too! Some very cool aviation scenes as well. By far my favorite one. Stay busy everyone, the licenses shall come! At least you already have your foot in the door so to speak and haven't just taken your class. Those folks will be lucky to get their plastic by September or October. Take care everyone!

P.S. For everyone who insists that e-mails and calls to DPS, and e-mails and calls to representatives will indeed solve the problem, think again. Not only will it slow things down like I said before, I imagine that nothing will be taken seriously by the government to remedy these extreme processing times until they get truely extreme - by this I mean the 180 day allowed maximum. So long as DPS issues licenses within the 180 day timeframe, they will not take measures to hire a reasonable number of processors. The number of applicants will fall significantly anyhow within the coming year(s), so why hire more people? is their logic I would assume.

Hello everyone. I've been "lurking" as you call it for some time now, mainly monitoring the February applications as a general reference as to how long I might expect before I receive my "license issued" message via the D.P.S. website (If you're curious, the average time from packet sent to application complete for 11 individuals in Feb. was 75 days). I took my class in late Feb. myself - however, I took my sweet time in making sure all my paperwork was in order - I figured it would have been a terrible thing to rush my documents to the mailbox. I went over it many times to assure myself everything was straight. I went so far as to obtain certified copies of judgment for my class C misdemeanor offenses as suggested by the paperwork to possibly expedite any background checks - but mainly as to show the processors I have nothing to hide. I ended up mailing my packet off March 5th. I received my PIN via regular mail the 7th of April - 33 days from the time I sent it off.

It's only been 64 days since I sent my packet off. I have not and will not be pestering the Regulatory Licensing Bureau with unnecessary e-mails or phone calls/voice messages. It is in my best knowledge that this will only slow the process. I'm aware how backed up things are and am not about to be responsible for clogging the "system" even more. I won't be informing my representative of my situation either. From my observations thus far these tactics don't do squat. I suggest others follow suit. I know it's tough as hell waiting, but all we can do is let them work through the stack. It's simply incredible/mind-numbing how many applicants there are for 2009. The only task the workers need to be spending their time on is processing applications - not responding to complaints.

I've been spending my time waiting; by shooting as often as I possibly can as allowed by my income, reading informative text on the art of pistolcraft - Massad Ayoob is a real smart guy who everyone could learn something from - learning the law, buying holsters, etc... I also ended up getting a Kahr P9 (A hot commodity apparently - been looking for one a while.) put on hold by my local gun shop for my summer CCW. It's getting damn hot here and my full size CZ-75B and Kramer IWB #3 in cowhide are meant for cooler weather. My advice to everyone who's having a hard time waiting (I know for a fact many of you have been waiting longer than me.) is to simply stay as busy as possible and do the things you enjoy. It will come! Good luck!

P.S. I'll keep you guys posted on any changes regarding the status of my application.