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strongnuff, also have M&P shield 9mm and like it a lot for a compact, better with extended mag. It will be one of my carry pistols along with a Glock 23 .40 caliber.
txbecca2000, posting at 1:25am? really? lol

Likely my last post here as I just got the mystical and much sought after last update this morning FINALLY! What a saga...

Good luck to all! Be safe out there!

Yeehaw!

I provide this so that some points of process resolution may help someone:

After a minor snag: I had HONESTLY totally forgotten about an incident 40 years ago.. After that first long awaited update, I got a letter from DPS on Jan 17 saying that a "possibly disqualifying arrest" showed up on my record! I was flabergasted and immediately thought there must be some mistake, then I remembered back in 1974 (ah, those were the DAYS!) a week or two after an auto accident in south Texas, being collected by Dallas detectives and taken downtown. I was there for 3 hours. Found out the county where accident occurred simply wanted a total of $75 in fines/fees paid... Fines/fees paid, charges dropped, no litigation/court, no conviction. Arrest still shows up on my record after 40 years! At 18 at the time, 3 hours downtown and after 40 years, this didn't honestly register as an arrest in my brain. I've completed many employment and security background checks over the years and this never came up. BUT this did explain WHY I get delayed (4 business days) on EVERY firearm purchase... No more! Anyway, I had to go downtown and get both County misdemeanor and District felony criminal record search certificates showing "no records found". I e-mail'd these in via website (attaching scanned .jpg's) and also called the DPS CHL RSD # and was patched through to the processor handling my application. I left her a voice mail. She called backa the next day (yesterday) and told me it would save several days if I FAX'd the documents straight to her and gave me her FAX #. Note: I was told twice that any e-mail we send via website goes into one queue and is then sorted and sent to appropriate processor handling the applications and that this might take 3-5 business days. I FAX'd documents to her yesterday.

Today I got the MAGIC update!

Ditto to golferced. My timeline was virtually identical (to golferced's: completed CHL class about NOvember 6th, had already done fingerprints, submitted required doc via e-mail AND postal mail and got "received" e-mail around mid November), been checking almost daily for past couple of weeks, called once last week and got futility voice message (what is.... is). Found this forum and thread this morning, checked again and low and behold... FINALLY! got same status update as golferced:

Application : Received
Fingerprints : Complete
Affidavits : Received
DL or ID : Valid
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received
Photo : Received
Proof of Classroom training : Received
Proof of Proficiency training : Received
Fee : Received
Background Check : Under review
Concealed Handgun License : Print pending completion of application review

I submitted my application on 11/13/2013 and it was received on 11/18/2013

Curious as well about how long does it normally takes after this status if anyone knows.