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The wife greeted me at the door with the envelope containg my PLASTIC!!! 60 days mail box to mailbox.

We took our class on the same day Dave. Maybe I have a suprise waiting for me when I get home! Congrats to you!!

I made my routine weekly call to DPS to check on the status of my application and was told they're still waiting on my background check to come back. DPS has been in posession of my application now for 49 days. It sounds like the same guy every week that answers the phone. Pretty soon the two of us are going to be on a first name basis. Heck, we might even exchange Christmas cards!

Another week of waiting has gone by with no developments or a suprise in the mail so I called again. Still waiting on BGC to come back 42 days after DPS recieved material.

Well I broke down and called DPS today. Fella on the phone told me my finger prints came back fine but they were still waiting on the back ground check to come back. I guess my past is catching up to me again y'all. The time table I got was another month to go. That would put it in my mailbox right before Christmas. I guess DPS decided I needed some Christmas joy! I would've settled for an additional reason to be thankful.

wcalvert wrote:IT CAME YESTERDAY!

Did my 'Wally Walk' at HEB and everything went great. CHL website still says manufacturing pending. Looks like the computer update people are the ones on vacation.

Packet received to plastic in hand was exactly a month!

Congrats Bro! The website is still showing my finger prints and BGC are still "under review". I've got my fingers crossed that my progress is further along than the website shows.

Be safe!

HarleyDave wrote:TexanRon...have you gotten your license as yet? Hope it comes soon for ya if you don't already have it.

Nope. 28 days and counting of finger prints and back ground check "under review".

My application has been in the hands of DPS for 28 days now. Finger Prints and Back Ground Check are still showing "under review".

nexis45 wrote:Sorry to here that. Did you apply online or sent whole packet in?
From what I was told the process is a little faster if you apply online.

Yep, I applied online and sent the whole packet in just as my CHL instructor recommended.

nexis45 wrote:I had 5 different ones. I'm in the same boat but almost there.

Same boat except for the fact I mailed my packet in 5 days before you and your fingerprints and background check are already complete!

It is becoming apparent that having 4 different addresses in the past 5 years can really slow down the application process.

Finger pirints and back ground check status has not changed in seven days. I'm hopeful that the finger prints are finished up next week some time.

wcalvert wrote:I would only start worrying about return receipt if mine goes into the computers and yours hasn't for several days.

The DPS website has been updated. Fingerprints and background check are underway!

wcalvert wrote:I did the exact same thing! Class 10/16 and mailed 10/18.

I did a return receipt, so I know they got my stuff on the 20th. Website still shows waiting on materials :/ It'll be nice to have someone to compare to.

You do the application online or in print?

I did the application online as well. I did not do the return reciept though. Wish I would've done that now. What part of town did you take the class? The class I attended was at the VFW Hall off of 290. We'll absolutely have to compare progress.

I just now found the waiting room for Oct.2010 applications after wandering the halls of this forum for a couple of weeks. I'm still waiting on progress....any progress....to appear on the DPS website.

10/16/2010 CHL Class
10/18/2010 packet mailed

From what I've been told on wait times I should see a progress update early next week.