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slr001 wrote:
Just got my stealth gear yesterday...

Might want to email them also. They aren't quite as bad as Austin, but they are trying.

They say 3-5 weeks. At 5 weeks I emailed them, they said it would go out the next Friday. No shipping info so I emailed again the following week. They finally shipped. Think it was about 6 weeks total.

kaos wrote:

kaos wrote:

kaos wrote:4-29-14 Online Application
5-20-14 Fingerprints
5-26-14 Class
5-29-14 Emailed CHL-100, DD214, Checklist and Fingerprint Receipt
5-29-14 Email received stating they had received the documents
so the wait has begun...well in my mind the wait is cut in half because I work up in Alaska 2 wks on 2 wks off..haha..

well I'll be... checked my status last nite and everything is checked green, mfg pending. Less than 30 days...Ill take that...What sucks is I head back to Alaska on Wed and wont be back til July 11th...

checked late last nite and now switched to mfg... slim possibility it gets here before I leave on Wed for 2 wks... oh well..Under 30 days is still decent in my book.

kaos wrote:

kaos wrote:4-29-14 Online Application
5-20-14 Fingerprints
5-26-14 Class
5-29-14 Emailed CHL-100, DD214, Checklist and Fingerprint Receipt
5-29-14 Email received stating they had received the documents
so the wait has begun...well in my mind the wait is cut in half because I work up in Alaska 2 wks on 2 wks off..haha..

well I'll be... checked my status last nite and everything is checked green, mfg pending. Less than 30 days...Ill take that...What sucks is I head back to Alaska on Wed and wont be back til July 11th...

kaos wrote:4-29-14 Online Application
5-20-14 Fingerprints
5-26-14 Class
5-29-14 Emailed CHL-100, DD214, Checklist and Fingerprint Receipt
5-29-14 Email received stating they had received the documents
so the wait has begun...well in my mind the wait is cut in half because I work up in Alaska 2 wks on 2 wks off..haha..

Chetter818 wrote:mtnthundr2: How long did your status show under review until it switched to manufacture pending?

jmra wrote: Obviously those with quick turn arounds were not late getting in their docs or they would not have had quick turn arounds. The 60 day guideline for a response from DPS starts when they have all the materials.

CR88 wrote:

TVGuy wrote:

kebn51 wrote:

CR88 wrote:Just got my plastic today and I couldn't be happier. 11 days from mailbox to mailbox.

If you're not currently playing, I believe you might want to start playing the lottery!!!!

I just don't even see how 11 days is possible. I know I'm new here, but I'm skeptical on that. Is there a single other person that's ever heard of anything close to that time?

I was just as surprised. I think there was a guy that got his in like 14 days. I applied for the veteran CHL, and I used to have a security clearance in the military, so maybe that helped my application get processed faster. Other than that, I don't know what to say, good luck, I guess.

mtnthundr2 wrote:
llucas, have you checked the website to see if there is a status change/documents received? My status updated after 1 week, it showed documents received and what is in 'review'. I had a hard time when I first went to the website to check the status .... I couldn't find exactly where I was supposed to look. Here's the address to the website to check the status, https://txapps.texas.gov/txapp/txdps/chl/login.do" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; its the same place we all go to do our online application, but this time we are considered a "returning user" and access our info from the "login" button on the bottom right of the screen. First you have to hit the login button then type in your DL # and DOB, then "continue". It will bring you to your status page that shows this info; (or something like this!)
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

Each line is colored either yellow or green and has a yellow triangle with an exclamation point in it or a green circle with a checkmark in it. If it were me, and 30 days had passed and I didn't see any updates, I would seriously consider submitting all my documentation again through the website, http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/contact/default.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; select the program (concealed handgun) from the drop down menu, choose "submit CHL supporting documents" from the drop down menu, fill in all the info, click "choose file" to browse your computer for the correct documents/file (hint, I scanned all of my documents into one file so all i had to do was attach only one file), and then at the bottom of the tabs for "choose file" you'll see an "ATTACH" tab/button, be sure to click ATTACH once you have attached all of your documents BEFORE you hit "submit form"
I hope this helped, I am, by no means, an expert at this ..... I must have just stumbled across the correct place to submit my documents as I received a status update 7 days after submission. I'm sure I still have a long wait ahead of me for the license but at least I know they have my stuff .... Good luck to you, I hope you hear soon that all documents have been received and are in review!
PS .... within a day of my online submission of documents, I had an email confirmation that documents were received......because you never received that email conf I would DEF upload them again. As an FYI ....the first time I attached them (and thought I did it right) I realized that I hadn't done it right because I didn't see that ** ATTACH ** button at the bottom of the 'attach file' column .... I had to go back and do it again, once I clicked the ATTACH button then submit form I got a confirmation page, "thank you for contacting TXDPS, your inquiry has been successfully been submitted for a response"