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Never got the letter, I had to manually email the DPS asking for my PINkappatiff wrote:Well dang it ... so the process effectively hasn't even started for us. :( How long does this magical letter usually take to get back in the mail???
If you have forgotten, misplaced or never received your PIN, please contact TxDPS via email (chl@txdps.state.tx.us) and include the following information: Texas concealed handgun license number, driver license number, full name and date of birth. Your PIN will be returned in a timely fashion to the same email address submitting the request and in the order your request was received.
JDKRIEK wrote:Never got the letter, I had to manually email the DPS asking for my PINkappatiff wrote:Well dang it ... so the process effectively hasn't even started for us. :( How long does this magical letter usually take to get back in the mail???
If you have forgotten, misplaced or never received your PIN, please contact TxDPS via email (chl@txdps.state.tx.us) and include the following information: Texas concealed handgun license number, driver license number, full name and date of birth. Your PIN will be returned in a timely fashion to the same email address submitting the request and in the order your request was received.
Yes, when you apply online you get a PIN with your application, you have it before you mail your application in. Then you get to watch it change from "Packet Mailed to Applicant" to "Processing Application". At the very least when you do get a PIN, after going the instructor route, it means someone has done something with your application, whatever it may be. Maybe it goes under the leg of the wobbly table in the break room or it may mean you have been "entered" into the system.03Lightningrocks wrote: I have noticed that the folks who have applied online seem to get their PIN much quicker than the folks who did everything through the instructor or class they attended. I believe what happens is that a pin is issued as soon as they mail you the packet. For those of us that did the whole thing through the instructor, we have to wait for someone to manually enter all the info before we get a pin. According to the folks at the CHL department, having a pin or not having a pin has nothing to do with the stage your application is at.
I think Simon stuck mine under the coffee pot.kd5zex wrote:Snip........ At the very least when you do get a PIN, after going to instructor route, it means someone has done something with your application, whatever it may be. Maybe it goes under the leg of the wobbly table in the break room or it may mean you have been "entered" into the system.
I could only imagine what that office looks like with 40,000 applications stacked about, actually thinking about it you have to give them credit for not botching very many. I wonder what percentage of forum members make up the "queue"?03Lightningrocks wrote:
I think Simon stuck mine under the coffee pot.
That was when I started counting down the 60 days. 
That just cracked me upsnakeshot wrote: Checked the website, and it said "Processing Application" I googled "Processing Application", and that is how I found this website waiting room.
After reading some of these post, I was just hoping to have my plastic by Labor Day.
On 6-11-08, the status changed to "Application Completed - license issued or certificate active"
anyway, congrats on the approval. I sent my application in a day before you... Hope you get your plastic soon. kd5zex wrote:That just cracked me upsnakeshot wrote: Checked the website, and it said "Processing Application" I googled "Processing Application", and that is how I found this website waiting room.
After reading some of these post, I was just hoping to have my plastic by Labor Day.
On 6-11-08, the status changed to "Application Completed - license issued or certificate active"