"Waiting Room"

So, your CHL Application has been filed and the clock has slowed to a crawl - tell us about it!

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Whitewolfs28
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Post by Whitewolfs28 »

Venting is nice. Sense all I wanted to do was get it before Christmas but from the way things are rolling. I'm guessing I will be one of those waiting for over 60 days. :-(

Anybody on here have a completed non resident process they would like to share. With dates would love to hear what another non resident waited.
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Whitewolfs28 wrote:Venting is nice. Sense all I wanted to do was get it before Christmas but from the way things are rolling. I'm guessing I will be one of those waiting for over 60 days. :-(

Anybody on here have a completed non resident process they would like to share. With dates would love to hear what another non resident waited.

Just wanted you to know that I feel your pain. I am in your same boat and am going on 6 weeks in background. Stay strong!

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Re: "Waiting Room"

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I submitted my paperwork on 11/23 - and prior to checking this site, was checking it everyday :banghead:
Not doing that anymore.....site says still waiting to receive documents....

Online Application: 11/01/12
Fingerprints: 11/22/12
CHL CLass: 11/17/12
Submitted Documents: 11/23/12
Received by DPS: 12/14/12
Background Review: 12/14/12
Background Complete: Completed 01/04/13
Manufacturing: Pending 01/04/13
Mailed: 1/9/13 :clapping: :woohoo
Plastic In Hand: 1/18/2013 (Post Marked 01/16/2013)
:thewave
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Took class last Saturday(Dec 14), mailed packet this morning. With holidays coming up, sure that will slow things down a bit more, but it the process is going. List of things to do in mean time -
1. Plenty of dry firing and holster drawing/carrying practice
2. As much range practice as possible
3. Be watching for 51% - 30.06 signs where ever I go
4. Continue to play "what if" scenerios....seem to do that a lot lately
5. Refrain from checking status daily... :roll:
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Ok, newbie here but thought I'd share my experience so far (btw, this really helps people as they go through this application process and thanks to all who came before me):

Application submitted: 12/9/12 - Online submission of documents; 12 / 10 /12 mailed the documents
Received by DPS : 12/13/12
Background under review: 12/14/12
Background complete: 12/18 /12
Manufacturing: 12 /19 /12
Mailed: 12 / 20 / 12
Plastic in hand: 12 / 24 / 12

Woo Hoo! :hurry: :clapping: :anamatedbanana

Online is the way to go. Note I also suggested they use my DL photo on record, which they did. That may have accelerated the manufacturing...
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Finally did it.

Online application and fees 12-12-2012
Finger prints at L1 12-19-2012
Finished CHL class on 12-20-2012
Packet mailed 12-21-2012

Now for the wait...surely to be made longer because of the Holiday Season.

Merry Christmas everyone!!
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dking007 wrote:Ok, newbie here but thought I'd share my experience so far (btw, this really helps people as they go through this application process and thanks to all who came before me):

Application submitted: 12/9/12 - Online submission of documents; 12 / 10 /12 mailed the documents
Received by DPS : 12/13/12
Background under review: 12/14/12
Background complete: 12/18 /12
Manufacturing: 12 /19 /12
Mailed: 12 / 20 / 12
Plastic in hand: 12 / 24 / 12

Woo Hoo! :hurry: :clapping: :anamatedbanana

Online is the way to go. Note I also suggested they use my DL photo on record, which they did. That may have accelerated the manufacturing...
Ok, you posted on 12-19 that you got your plastic in hand today. Are you psychic?
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Ha ha, nope, just edited the original post to note the update today. :cheers2:

Have a wonderful, and SAFE holiday season all! :tiphat:
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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dking007 wrote:Ha ha, nope, just edited the original post to note the update today. :cheers2:

Have a wonderful, and SAFE holiday season all! :tiphat:
:cheers2: Merry Christmas
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Post by BigHatNoCows »

Here is my timeline so far...

Online Application: 11/26/12
CHL CLass/Fingerprints: 11/30/12
Submitted Documents: 12/03/12
Received by DPS: 12/05/12 (sent return receipt required)
Background Review: 12/31/12 (Under Review)

26 days to get a status change from "waiting to receive documents" to "under review".
Expecting review to take as long or longer.
CHL class trainer said at the time (Nov 30) that the average was up to 8-10 weeks at that point for clean applications.
TX DPS will probably process well over 200,000 applications in 2012. (180k last year)
My bet is that will increase to 250k+ for 2013.
Which makes me feel good that the trained population is catching up on the bad guys!
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Post by Bio »

This seems like the place to start with.



10/18/12 : Online Application Completed
11/01/12 : Fingerprints Completed
12/08/12 : CHL Class Completed
12/10/12 : Packet sent to DPS
01/09/13 : Background Check : Under review
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Bio wrote:This seems like the place to start with.



10/18/12 : Online Application Completed
11/01/12 : Fingerprints Completed
12/08/12 : CHL Class Completed
12/10/12 : Packet sent to DPS
It is. Welcome. Everyone here is real friendly and know all the answers to the questions I had. :cheers2:
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Post by Redneck_Buddha »

I notice BigHatNoCows' application took 26 days to go from awaiting documents to under review. Should I wait at least this long to call DPS being that I mailed the documents December 13th, 2012?
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Bitter_Clinger wrote:Should I wait at least this long to call DPS being that I mailed the documents December 13th, 2012?
they get (i think) 60 days from receipt to completion, which means Feb 12(at the earliest) before they will stop saying "please wait the minimum 60 days"

What does your online status show so far?
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Re: "Waiting Room"

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Post by Redneck_Buddha »

Teamless wrote:
Bitter_Clinger wrote:Should I wait at least this long to call DPS being that I mailed the documents December 13th, 2012?
they get (i think) 60 days from receipt to completion, which means Feb 12(at the earliest) before they will stop saying "please wait the minimum 60 days"

What does your online status show so far?
Teamless - "waiting on receipt of required materials"
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