March applicants

[Macappletex]

Mine was listed mailed last Friday and still have not received it yet! Talk about snail mail. Hopefully tomorrow

[830mel21]

72 days and still in BG
Mailed 3/19/13
Last update 5/5/13 to BG

[deltau]

mailed 3/15 ... still in bg ... mailed wife's the same day and she had hers 2 weeks ago ...

[txwildcat]

I'm still hanging in there with a few of you still waiting. Mail on 3/26 and been in background for about 16 days.... What a great chance to practice patience, blaaa.

[Widedomain]

Overnighted documents to Austin on 3/28/2013. No movement on the application at all. Emailed an inquiry and pdf copies of my documents on 4/15/2013 and again on 5/15/2013 with the last response thanking me for submitting copies of my documents and stating that they would be forwarded to a manager for expedited processing.

As of today I have been waiting over 60 days with no acknowledgment online of DPS even receiving the documents. I am writing my representative to see if he can help.

David

[jewlsXV]

Updated to mailed on 5/23.

Still waiting. This waiting for the mail part has to be worse than waiting for updates online. It's killing me.

[Beckster]

March 8-9 - class
March 26 - Packet mailed
March 28 - Fingerprints
May 8 - Status changed online (showing fingerprints and background check under review and everything else received, valid, etc)
May 25 - Letter received saying app was going to Medical Advisory Board because of reported history. Good thing is that I included a letter from my doctor with my app so hopefully that will help the process some.

[blitzdude]

[quote="blitzdude"]Me and wife both did everything on the same dates and our status is the same:

3/8-9 CHL class
3/10 Online application
3/14 Fingerprints and photos
3/18 physically dropped all required materials in the DPS drop box (Denson drive Austin)
5/7 Background Check : Under review
5/24 Background check completed
5/24 Manufacturing Pending
5/25 CHL mailed
5/29 envelope postmarked
5/30 CHL received

My CHL arrived today wifes did not. Hopefully tomorrow. 73 days dropbox to mailbox for me a bit pathetic actually but hey DPS is the government so should have never expected any sort of efficiency.

[Srnewby]

More good news this morning. My CHL status has moved to "mailed" and wife's has moved to "manufacturing pending". It won't be long now.

2/12/2013 - online applications completed
3/3/2013 - fingerprints submitted
3/23/2013 - class completed
3/25/2013 - paperwork submitted to DPS
5/7/2013 – first update: background check started
5/29/2013 – second update: manufacturing pending
5/30/2013 – third update: mailed

[jewlsXV]

The moment has finally come. Plastic in hand.

TIme for my timeline.

Application online. November 2012
CHL Class. 3/3
Fingerprints. 3/5
Mailed packet to Austin. 3/5
Austin received. 3/7
First update online/Background check. 4/21
Second update online/Background complete/Manufacturing Pending. 5/22
Mailed. 5/23
In my mailbox. 5/30

Around 86 days total mailbox to mailbox. Overall I'm pretty happy with the time it took. Could have been a lot worse. No snags or anything. I learned a lot from this group. Thank you all in this forum. I'm really glad this is around.

[Dtom]

24 days in background check but it's finally done. Status changed to manufacturing pending this morning. It's been 66 days so far since I dropped the forms in the mailbox.

3-26 Mailed complete packet to Austin (application was already completed online)
3-28 Fingerprinting session
5-7 Website status changed to Application: Received
5-31 Background check complete

[txwildcat]

Almost my last update, I hope. Had a good status change this morning.

Feb - Class, online application and fingerprints
March 26 - mailed in documents
May 14 - received & in background check
May 31 - manufacturing

[Julie]

I sent my stuff in Feb 25...it took about 7 weeks for the website to show they had received my application and documents. Things rolled fairly quickly after that. Got it sometime in early May. Hope that helps some of y'all feel less anxious about your stuff getting lost in the mail or at DPS!!

[andradewaits]

3/9/13-took class
3/13/13-online application
3/26/13-fingerprinted
3//26/13-Mailed off my packet to dps
5/12/13-first update/bg under review
5/24/13-Bg complete/ manufacturing pending
5/25/13-mailed
5/31/13-still waiting for the mail man


Hang in there guys and ladies your plastic will get updated/printed/and mailed off to you might seem like for ever but it will happen
Good luck to all of you and carry proudly

[Macappletex]

Got the plastic in hand today!! 76 days but now I am legal!!!!