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12/31 - took course
1/1 - completed online application
1/3 - mailed paperwork
1/6 - DPS received
2/24 - background check complete
3/3 - plastic in hand

exactly 2 months mailbox to mailbox. i will add that i've moved a LOT over the past 5 years (i think i listed 6 or 7 addresses on my application, all in Texas but 3 different counties) and i had a juvenile arrest in January 2000 for a class B misdemeanor that i received deferred adjudication for, served probation and the charges were subsequently dropped and expunged from my record. i was told by the DPS that this was the main cause of the delay in my application, not only did they have to verify charges that were expunged from my record, but the court records are sealed due to the fact that it was a juvenile case. i never was asked to send notarized copies of the arrest report or any court documentation though, which surprised me a bit.