Plastic received today!! I'm new to posting but have been following intently. I feel lucky looking at some of the timelines above, maybe they're picking up their pace.
12/5 Application Submitted
12/8 Class completed
12/11 Fingerprints
12/14 Confirmation email
1/25 Website changed!
1/28 Plastic received!!!
... Wally Walk time
Good luck to the rest of you, it'll be there before you know it!
Been checking status on DPS site every couple of days and after seeing YOUR results figured mine should be close. Everything completed on 12/12/15. Checked status this morning and DPS site is updated with links to report lost card, change address, etc. so mine must be on the way.
Congrats! Sounds like you should have plastic in hand shortly then.
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace"- George Washington
I'm just wildly speculating but does it make a difference whether you apply before the class or not?
Follow me here with this logic: If you apply during the week before your class, you've paid your fee and secured your appt for fingerprints. All the other applicants at your class (and every other one held that day) might be applying after the class and have further delay with obtaining their fingerprints, whereas your prints are taken soon after and the DPS LTC file is completed, before a large group of individuals joins the application pool for that week.
Therefore, wouldn't it be fair to surmise that, aside from obvious variables/obstacles and all things being equal, this application process might have a bump up in the processing THAT WEEK?
Or is it as simple as by week of completion date and alphabetical order?
As someone who used to perform Due Diligence background investigation and reports in corporate legal, it's similar to a timeline I might have used.
And yes, I'm a Virgo so OCD runs through my veins.
I did apply before the CLASS (CHL-100) & got the fingerprinting (earliest day & closest) to me was 3 miles from La Casa & exactly 2 weeks after application was completed. Still Waiting...
App/12-4
CHL-100/12-11
Fingerprinting/12-17
Damn!! Ugh! Thanks Glass for answering my scenario but not liking the results!
I'm just wildly speculating but does it make a difference whether you apply before the class or not?
Follow me here with this logic: If you apply during the week before your class, you've paid your fee and secured your appt for fingerprints. All the other applicants at your class (and every other one held that day) might be applying after the class and have further delay with obtaining their fingerprints, whereas your prints are taken soon after and the DPS LTC file is completed, before a large group of individuals joins the application pool for that week.
Therefore, wouldn't it be fair to surmise that, aside from obvious variables/obstacles and all things being equal, this application process might have a bump up in the processing THAT WEEK?
Or is it as simple as by week of completion date and alphabetical order?
As someone who used to perform Due Diligence background investigation and reports in corporate legal, it's similar to a timeline I might have used.
And yes, I'm a Virgo so OCD runs through my veins.
I did apply before the CLASS (CHL-100) & got the fingerprinting (earliest day & closest) to me was 3 miles from La Casa & exactly 2 weeks after application was completed. Still Waiting...
App/12-4
CHL-100/12-11
Fingerprinting/12-17
darn!! Ugh! Thanks Glass for answering my scenario but not liking the results!
Sorry my gun friend!
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace"- George Washington
loner556 wrote:Class: 12/12
App & Upload CHL-100: 12/13
Docs Received Email: 12/14
Prints: 12/21 (1st I could get)
Spoke to them on the phone today and was told I was approved and should be receiving plastic late this week or early next week. Still no change on the website.
Newbie here guys. I see on people's timeline that says "conformation email." Is this the email with the barcode at the top that you send in with your CHL 100? Another question, I see a lot of guys/ladies email their papers in to dps. Unfortunately, my CHL instructor didn't mention that option to us. Would you guys suggest emailing the documents to them as well? I sent my stuff certified mail and was delivered in Austin 12/30/15 and as of today theirs no change on the website. Great thread going on here! Thanks for the help!
MichelinMan wrote:Newbie here guys. I see on people's timeline that says "conformation email." Is this the email with the barcode at the top that you send in with your CHL 100? Another question, I see a lot of guys/ladies email their papers in to dps. Unfortunately, my CHL instructor didn't mention that option to us. Would you guys suggest emailing the documents to them as well? I sent my stuff certified mail and was delivered in Austin 12/30/15 and as of today theirs no change on the website. Great thread going on here! Thanks for the help!
Welcome M.Man,
I can only help a little here.
No, the barcode sheet is not the "email confirmation" you will be expecting, just hang onto that (barcode sheet),& since you sent you CHL-100(stuff) certified then you will not be receiving an "email confirmation"...you only receive email confirmation when you email you (Stuff). You also will not be seeing web site change for "at least" 30-45 days once & only once they have received all doc's needed. If you already sent it certified & did your fingerprinting then pull up a seat, you will be here awhile.
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace"- George Washington
I'm just wildly speculating but does it make a difference whether you apply before the class or not?
Follow me here with this logic: If you apply during the week before your class, you've paid your fee and secured your appt for fingerprints. All the other applicants at your class (and every other one held that day) might be applying after the class and have further delay with obtaining their fingerprints, whereas your prints are taken soon after and the DPS LTC file is completed, before a large group of individuals joins the application pool for that week.
Therefore, wouldn't it be fair to surmise that, aside from obvious variables/obstacles and all things being equal, this application process might have a bump up in the processing THAT WEEK?
Or is it as simple as by week of completion date and alphabetical order?
As someone who used to perform Due Diligence background investigation and reports in corporate legal, it's similar to a timeline I might have used.
And yes, I'm a Virgo so OCD runs through my veins.
I did apply before the CLASS (CHL-100) & got the fingerprinting (earliest day & closest) to me was 3 miles from La Casa & exactly 2 weeks after application was completed. Still Waiting...
App/12-4
CHL-100/12-11
Fingerprinting/12-17
darn!! Ugh! Thanks Glass for answering my scenario but not liking the results!
Sorry my gun friend!
Since we have been told in the past that our stuff was not in the system yet. I'm thinking they don't touch your stuff until it is time to process it. So, the application date would be the date that matters, as long as all of your stuff is submitted before your turn comes up. Just my thoughts. I'm clueless. I'm just waiting like everyone else.
IsraelisJewish wrote:Jan 4 took the class and mailed in all docs on Jan 6 2016. Today is Jan 29, 2016. Still waiting. DID get dinged for $45 more dollars.
Pretty soon to have heard anything back from them. What did you have to submit more money for?
Well, they just said in the letter I did not include enough money. I did follow what they directed in detail of course. The only thing I can figure is that I did apply as a TDCJ officer (we get a break). However, I think I made the mistake of checking the box on my age and they might have taken me as a senior over the TDCJ type. Oh well, I did not want to slow it down anymore and so just paid the $45.00
Oh, wait! It was Dec 4 we took the class and Dec 6 that I mailed it all in, not Jan 6. Ha, ha, I really do remember! My wife says I suffer from creeping alz., ha, ha.
IsraelisJewish wrote:Oh, wait! It was Dec 4 we took the class and Dec 6 that I mailed it all in, not Jan 6. Ha, ha, I really do remember! My wife says I suffer from creeping alz., ha, ha.
IsraelisJewish wrote:Oh, wait! It was Dec 4 we took the class and Dec 6 that I mailed it all in, not Jan 6. Ha, ha, I really do remember! My wife says I suffer from creeping alz., ha, ha.
No, not creeping alz IsraelisJewish.....selective memory!
It's easy for me to forget to remember what I forgot to remember.
After all that nonsense, I hope your wait is a short one.
Diplomacy is the Art of Letting Someone Have Your Way
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IsraelisJewish wrote:Oh, wait! It was Dec 4 we took the class and Dec 6 that I mailed it all in, not Jan 6. Ha, ha, I really do remember! My wife says I suffer from creeping alz., ha, ha.
When did you get your fingerprinting done?
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace"- George Washington
Congrats maxrpt! 
