November 2009 Applications

[Tha_Veteran]

Hello fellow waiters.

Just wanted to say hi and ask a question.

On the application I had there was not a box for Veteran, so made one. Think that will be a problem?

Thanks

[ammo two]

Hello fellow waiters.

Just wanted to say hi and ask a question.

On the application I had there was not a box for Veteran, so made one. Think that will be a problem?

Thanks

You should have no problem with having written in your Veteran's box....I did the same thing as have other before me. No problems have surfaced as a result.

[Tha_Veteran]

Preciate tha reply.

I am just reverting to the Army trainings Pvt. Murphy's Law. "Anything that can go wrong will".

[jsimmons]

Someone suggested that I start a new topic for November, I appear to be the first one.

I mailed my completed packet off to DPS this morning, certified but no return receipt.

I applied online and did my fingerprinting through FAST. Hope this makes the process go faster. I have several hawaian shirts and can't wait to do the Wally Walk!

Nope - nothing you do in the interest of efficiency will speed your application along. I applied online, and it STILL took three weeks for the status to change from "Packet mailed to applicant" to "Processing".

They can still reject your fingerprints, even if they're through FAST. They can still reject your passport photos. And here's another little factoid - they reject these things arbitrarily, and for no other reason than "because they can". Example - I took a CHL class with 12 other individuals. We all had our pictures taken by the same person, in the same lighting, and with the same camera at the same settings, yet of those 12, mine were the only ones to have been rejected as being "grainy". How's that possible? Answer - applications are randomly selected from the pile and for one or more reasons are rejected.

BTW, sometimes, you'll get a double-whammy because photos and fingerprints are handled by two different people. If your application hits "today's random rejection pile" for both people, you'll get two separate letters, and probably several weeks apart.

In the case of CHL applications, efficiency in the interest of trying to make their jobs easier has absolutely no effect on the DPS.

So, you may as well settle in, because it's gonna be a long wait, and I agree, that really sucks. Not only do you have to buy your constitutional rights back from the state, but you have to wait until they get around to processing your application (but rest assured, they'll cash your check right away - at least that part of the process has little/no waiting time).

[KingofKaty]

Sorry you have had trouble.

Or it could be the luck of the draw on whoever is processing applications. Some examiners may be more picky than others. Maybe some examiners don't like their assignment to CHL processing. Who knows.

You can't control things on their end, but you can put your application and other materials in the best shape possible. I had a professional photographer at work, who does thousands of passport/visa photos, run me an extra set for the CHL, not someone who does it once in a while on the side. At my CHL class the instructor put the photo paper in wrongside up.

We'll see how fast my application is processed. It may not make any diference at all.

[randomoutburst]

My hubby got his PIN today! (Well, we got it sometime over the weekend, probably Friday, but only checked the mail today...)

Processing Application!

[USA1]

My hubby got his PIN today! (Well, we got it sometime over the weekend, probably Friday, but only checked the mail today...)

Processing Application!

And the wait begins .
Tell hubby we said good luck!

[randomoutburst]

I will...right before I tell him he should log in and post once in a while. ;)

[USA1]

I will...right before I tell him he should log in and post once in a while. ;)

Yep , he has to keep up appearances .

[92f-fan]

My info is in the sig

A friend his wife and I took the class 10/31/09

the package is in the mail

[koolaid]

Finally sent in my packet today. Hopefully I will have it by next thanksgiving.

Much thanks to everyone on the forum for all the great advice.

[jsimmons]

Finally sent in my packet today. Hopefully I will have it by next thanksgiving.

Now THERE is a realistic expectation... :)

[TexasYankee77]

Greetings All :)

Just took my CHL class this Saturday and am mailing my documentation TODAY. So psyched.

BTW - El Gato was my instructor and I can't wait for my wife to take the class so I can sit through another one. Very well done and not too painful ;)

[USA1]

Greetings All :)

Just took my CHL class this Saturday and am mailing my documentation TODAY. So psyched.

BTW - El Gato was my instructor and I can't wait for my wife to take the class so I can sit through another one. Very well done and not too painful ;)

Hello TexasYankee77 , welcome to the forum .
El Gato is a great instructor and a great guy !

[joe817]

Hi TY77, welcome to the forum! There's a wealth of information here right at your fingertips and a great bunch of people to get to know.

What part of this great State do you hail from?