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TrackinPat wrote:

kingpinGT wrote:

TrackinPat wrote:
I did mine all online... I'm hoping it doesn't get lost in some giant email inbox.

what do you mean online? don't you still have to submit barcode and CHL-100 via analog mail?

I was told you could do it all online and on the barcode sheet it said "Email this sheet to RSD or by mail to...." so I took that as you could do it all online.. I am however skeptical because I have not really found anyone on here that has done it all online.

I have heard of other folks doing it online, however, I didn't have my fingerprints or class material done when filling out my app. Supposedly there is a place for attachments when doing the original app?

Others said that there was a contact form where you could attach stuff too.

I wouldn't worry too much as it took about 2 weeks after mailing my stuff in before I saw any status changes online.

Got my physical card today!! Around 21 days from the time I sent the paperwork off. It would have been sooner as my status said mailed on the 20th, however, it wasn't postmarked until the 23rd (weekend slowed it down)

Aug 26th - Completed online forms and payment

Aug 29th - Fingerprinting done

Sept 1st - Completed the class

Sept 4th - Paperwork mailed in

Sept 19th - Online status changed to manufacture pending

Sept 20th - Marked as mailed

Sept 25th - Received in the mail

As others have said, I am very impressed with the DPS in the speed for which they processed the application.

On the other hand, I am unimpressed with the USPS, which is no surprise. Status went to mailed on Friday morning last week. Still no CHL in the mail as of today. Hopefully tomorrow will be a different story.

I would think first class mail from Austin to Houston would take a day or two - not four with delivery on the fifth (if it comes tomorrow).

Hopefully it wont be as bad as when the USPS lost my passport... I had a replacement passport sent via UPS and it arrived quickly. 2 months later my original passport magically showed up.

And just like that it went from awaiting mailed materials to manufacturing pending overnight... Woohooo!



Sent it in on the 4th so around 15 days... not bad at all.

Thanks for the input, I will probably still check it 3-5 times a day though :)

Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since I had mailed the paperwork off to Austin. I figured I would see something online now about how they had received the materials or something? Then again who knows how many other folks were a part of the mad rush when the class times were shortened.

Sent mine in on the 4th and I find myself checking the online status far too often. Who else has sent their's in? Any updates?

I know it can take weeks to see any status changes online. I'd imagine it will take even longer with the shorter classes (assuming more applicants).