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rmr1923 wrote:2/24 - Background check complete
2/27 - "Mailed"
3/3 - Plastic in hand



exactly 2 months mailbox to mailbox... mailed my packet on january 3rd, received my CHL march 3rd

rmr1923 wrote:

FINALLY, my online status hasn't reflected it yet, but this morning i received an email from the DPS notifying me that my background check is complete and i should be receiving my license within 2 weeks!

12/31/10 - took class
1/1/11 - online application
1/3/11 - mailed paperwork
1/6/11 - DPS received
1/10/11 - 1st status available online
2/23/11 - application approved

so even with a juvenile class B misdemeanor listed on my app, mine was processed well within the 60 day time frame from when they received my paperwork. now for the worst part of the wait

birddog67 wrote:I sent in my packet on recieved on 1/31 as of 2/11 i am still not in the system , the have allready cashed the check , they are telling me up to 3 weeks to get in the system , is this normal ?

FilmMkr wrote:I own a business that does contract work with NASA. I've had two full-up, no-kidding FBI background checks, and each of my employees have also been scrutinized. The checks for CHL are basic records searches, and seem to take hardly any time at all. They can do it in sixty seconds, as its all computerized.

If the Feebs really do an in-depth check - as is the case with me, my company, and employees - it takes months.

As in four to six.

They send letters to your employer, your friends, your neighbors - even the ones who don't like you - and make random, in-person visits if there is any suspicious or occasionally unlawful activity in your backgound. If you are selected for a personal interview, you get the full FBI treatment. Suits, badges, unexpected out-of-the-blue visit, long silences with blank expressions so that you will nervously fill the empty places with inane chatter, the whole nine yards.

Talk about pins and needles.

Waiting 60 days for a carry license? Its the blink of an eye!

scooter1966 wrote:

jcarp02 wrote:This is the longest trip from Austin ever. They should have a pickup option. Sorry for the venting, just getting tired of waiting on the mailman to show up.

I'm starting to think that "mailed" doesn't really mean in the custody of the Postal Service. Maybe they need another step between Manufacturing and Mailed like Mail Pending...

chopper wrote:Filled out online app 1/3/11
Packet mailed 1/4/11
Plastic in hand today 1/27/11

Thanks to everyone here for keeping me entertained untill lisence came in mail.

txaggie10 wrote:New member here...

01/06/11-Completed DPS packet online
01/09/11-Completed CHL class
01/09/11-Mailed packet to DPS
01/11/11-DPS received
01/19/11-Fingerprints complete
01/25/11-Background check complete

Says "Manufacturing Pending" on Concealed Handgun License status