Myste, welcome to the forum.Charles L. Cotton wrote:It's hard to say whether you could apply on Sept. 1st and have your new CHL by your birthday. DPS usually processes between 4,000 and 6,000 applications each month, but the Obama rush has increased this number to 15,000 to 17,000! DPS has to process these with the same personnel, so turnaround times will be impacted. Even if you don't get it in less than a month, it shouldn't result in too long of a time without a CHL. You'll have to decide how important that is.Myste wrote:I am very pleased this passed. I am new to the board and had a question regarding timing of my CHL renewal. Since this law has passed, and is supposed to be in effect Sept 1st, should I wait until Sept 1st to renew (my license expires the end of Sept) ? I am thinking of how long it took to get the CHL originally and wondering if mine would expire before I received the new one if I waited to apply (I prefer not to go to the class especially with the cost and scarcity of ammo).
Thanks for your help!
Welcome to the Forum.
Chas.
Here is a data point that will probably just add to your uncertainty.
I just renewed for the third time, which means under the existing law, all I had to do was go online and pay my fee. I did that on May 8th. Yesterday, May 22nd, the website shows my renewal CHL has been mailed. Didn't hit my mailbox today, but I have high hopes for tomorrow.After Sep 1st, the renewal process should be pretty much what I experienced. But. There maybe quite a horde of CHL'ers who are waiting for Sep 1st for the same reason, and so DPS may very well get socked with a jump in renewal applications on the first of September, added to the rate of high rate of applications cited by Mr. Cotton.
So good luck with your decision.
