DPS Processing Times

[joe817]

Hi DTCOOPER, welcome to the forum! Glad to have you with us, and hope your wait is a short one!

What part of this great State do you hail from?

[DTCOOPER]

The lovely Cherokee County, just South of Tyler..
My wife and I have been carrying under Castle Statutes for a while.. We just want the peace in knowing we're legal to have them outside the vehicle and other places...

[DTCOOPER]

Man, I still don't have my license !!
It's been 28 hours since I mailed it off.. I swear, the time it takes government entities to do ANYTHING is unnacceptable.. LOL
Just kidding guys.. Just hanging out and reading the forums.
2-13-10 Class taken, qualified
2-16-10 Mailed packet

[johnnyt6]

I checked it today, it's been issued!!!

Now, post man, hurry up!

[DaveT]

One of my neighbors just received his CHL, slightly less than 4 weeks from time of mailing packet !

[thankGod]

I've been keeping an eye on this thread. It really seems as processing times are much shorter than when this thread started. I hope that DPS can stay on top of this.

[USA1]

It really seems as processing times are much shorter than when this thread started.

I haven't gone back to look through the many pages of this thread, but I'll bet that
the current processing is the shortest it's ever been...20ish days right now.

[joe817]

It really seems as processing times are much shorter than when this thread started.

I haven't gone back to look through the many pages of this thread, but I'll bet that
the current processing is the shortest it's ever been...20ish days right now.

It looks like those 6 additional people they hired back in August, plus changing the policy to permit non-uniformed officers to conduct background checks really paid off for them in dropping the processing times.

Thank you DPS!

[OldSchool]

It looks like those 6 additional people they hired back in August, plus changing the policy to permit non-uniformed officers to conduct background checks really paid off for them in dropping the processing times.

Thank you DPS!

Is that what happened? I'm glad we came along when we did! (Of course, we can attest to the efficiency gain from the valuable advice from this forum! )

[Sasnakra]

As one who was just processed in 26 days from mailing application to recieving my CHL - DSP is 'smoking fast' !
After reading about the 3 to 4 month waits last summer and fall, it was a nice surprise.
Again, thanks for the advise of many people on this Forum.

[johnnyt6]

Plastic in hand!!!!

[MojoTexas]

24 days, mailbox-to-mailbox, for my new CHL!

They've really sped things up at the DPS!!!

[causeican]

After my CHL instructor told me that the average wait time was 60-80 days, I'm very happy that I received my license in only 34 days. Keep up the good work DPS!!!

[sixline]

Mine was 21 days after I dropped it off at the Austin office. Superfast!

BTW, this was last November.

[Navy Tech]

NEW OR RENEWAL: new
NAME: navy tech
DATE A COMPLETE APPLICATION RECEIVED BY DPS: i mailed it in on February 15th, they probably got it on the 16th.
DATE LICENSE WAS RECEIVED: 3/19/10
TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS IN PROCESSING: less than 30 since feb was a short month and it accounting for mail time and my lack of daily mail checking.
DID YOU RECEIVE A LETTER FROM DPS REGARDING A DELAY:
DID YOU CAUSE ANY DELAY IN PROCESSING. IF YES, EXPLAIN:
YOUR CHL NUMBER: [DON'T PROVIDE IN THE OPEN FORUM]
YOUR TEXAS DRIVERS LICENSE NUMBER: [DON'T PROVIDE IN THE OPEN FORUM]
IF DPS GAVE YOU A VERBAL EXPLANATION (EXCUSE) FOR ANY DELAY, PLEASE EXPLAIN:
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LATER: yes

I was very happily surprised to open my mail and see that little envelope. MTICop gave a resounding WHOOP!!!!