April Application

[cprems]

I think Srnewby is stating what both you and I are agreeing on.

The 60 day starts once everything is received. Mine took 5 weeks to update to received (5/15) and BG review. The back log in early April was about 5-6 weeks just to get logged into the system. I do not believe DPS was ever set up to handle 12-15K applications per month. We have many many concerned citizens who didn't feel the need to get a CHL in the past, but now, with this administration, and the way it has been perceived, I believe there was a rush to get it.

Maybe Charles or others could offer their opinion on the actual "start" date.

[armanius]

When I spoke to DPS last week, I was told that I should be getting my CHL soon, because I was coming up soon on my 60 days from April 10, which is when they "received" all my documents. I mailed the docs in on April 3. The website first listed "under review" around mid-May or so.

Still wondering why I and others are still under review while people who mailed their documents in 30 or so days after me already got their CHL.

[chane]

Updated Sunday morning about 7am. Day 40

4/12/13 - Submitted online application
4/20/13 - CHL class taken
4/20/13 - Fast Fingerprinting done during class
4/24/13 - Required documents scanned and submitted online
5/22/13 - First showed up on DPS website - Fingerprints and BG under review (checked daily)
6/02/13 - Manufacturing pending

[dr9]

Well, I am at 60 days since DPS received my packet and still in Background under review. My wife submitted at the same time and has the same status.

2/23/13 CHL Class
2/25/13 Online Application completed
3/8/13 1st Fingerprint Appointment - system down
4/1/13 2nd Fingerprint Appointment - Success
4/1/13 Mailed Packet by Certified Mail
4/4/13 DPS picked up packet from Post Office
5/9/13 DPS Website Status Update -- Background Check: Under Review

DPS has had it for 60 days, has been showing Background Check: Under Review for 25 days.

The waiting continues....

[The Count]

I spoke with a lady at the DPS this morning in regards to my application (who offered no help at all), which has been in BG check for just over 2 weeks now. She told me that my application still has 2.5 - 3 weeks left until it's "due" Looking a calendar, that would put their 60 day time period around when they would have physically received my packet in the mail, NOT when it first updated on the DPS site.

[truckster]

got mine today....46 days mailbox to mailbox

[race4beer]

got mine today....46 days mailbox to mailbox

Congrats!

No Joy in my mailbox today - but I did get some goodies from KelTec for my P3AT - not a totally bad mail day.. Hoping for tomorrow!

[CedarElm7]

Congrats, truckster! Good to hear!

Today marks 60 days for me since all my materials were delivered to the DPS. Still waiting and hoping ... ...

[texaseast50]

Plastic in hand 52 days mailbox to mailbox
Mailed 4/12 recieved today 6/3

[al77382]

Plastic in hand!

Feb 19 - Completed online app.
Mar 01 - Fingerprints done.
Mar 29 - CHL class completed.
Mar 30 - All required docs mailed.
Apr 02 - Required docs delivered per USPS.
May 08 - Status updated to received, BG pending.
May 29 - Fingerprints & BG completed, updated to Manufacturing Pending.
May 30 - Updated to mailed.
Jun 03 - Plastic received.

So... 62 days total. Not bad really.

[infidex]

Just now came across this site, guess I'm in the waiting room too, figuring I'd be lucky to see mine by end of June since I mailed in the docs 5/6, but probably going to be early to mid July.

4/3/13 - Electronic Application Submitted/Paid for fees
4/10/13 - Electronic Fingerprinting
4/27/13 - CHL
5/6/13 - Mailed everything regular USPS mail
6/3/13 - Just now checking status for first time since mailing - currently shows waiting BG check, all other items above are green.

[armanius]

Infidex, you have a lot of self control not checking the status for so long!

[chane]

Not sure how some of you guys skipped right to 'mailed'. Guessing mine will be sometime next week.

4/12/13 - Submitted online application
4/20/13 - CHL class taken
4/20/13 - Fast Fingerprinting done during class
4/24/13 - Required documents scanned and submitted online
5/22/13 - First showed up on DPS website - Fingerprints and BG under review (checked daily)
6/02/13 - Manufacturing pending
6/04/13 - Manufacturing

[armanius]

Wow ... Happy to see someone else getting his CHL. But inexplicable why I and some others who sent in their paperwork in early April are still "under review."

[CedarElm7]

Today is Day #61 since USPS delivered all the materials to the DPS.

My official status is still "Background Check Under Review," which means my unofficial status is still as follows:

Gloom, despair, and agony on me!
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery!
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!
Gloom, despair, and agony on me!