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LTCTLB wrote:

pushpullpete wrote:

LTCTLB wrote:Just received an email from RSD stating,
"Our records indicate we have received your fingerprints and your application is processing. We appreciate your understanding and patience. This can take up to eight (8) business weeks to complete once your application is submitted and all documents are received."

Would this mean my original email from them stating up to six weeks is now reset to eight more weeks? I sure hope not.

Sorry, probably. Their original six wk time frame was once everything was received and now possibly more like "We're so hammered with applications and people are now starting to take summer vaction time w/their families ...... Either way it is now happening, use this time to train and prepare, then enjoy!

I went ahead and called. The gentleman was very polite and explained that I had been approved and should receive it within 14 days.

Nice. Congratulations !!

Geoleo3 wrote:

pushpullpete wrote:One more thing though - I'm expecting to change address in 5 months when I move into a new house (I'll still own my current house), do I simply just do that online or is there another complicated process that I have to go through to get that changed? i.e., will my card be invalid if the address on there does not match my permanent address? Or should I just keep the address the same as is since I'm not selling the current home?

Check their webpage, it can be done online. Pretty quick and painless actually. However, if during the changeover, you have to show to a LEO they may "sternly" tell you to 'get it corrected ASAP' even if you tell them you're working on it.

What do you mean by changeover? like if I changed address while the application is ongoing? I assume that shouldn't be a problem now since I already got approved and my address won't change for another 5 months?[/quote]

I mean, 5 months down the road or whenever you move, IF you do a change of address as you should then there will be a timeframe where your address on your licenses will not match your physical address where you are now residing. That is the 'changeover' to which I was refering. Sorry about that, I knew what I meant .

LTCTLB wrote:Just received an email from RSD stating,
"Our records indicate we have received your fingerprints and your application is processing. We appreciate your understanding and patience. This can take up to eight (8) business weeks to complete once your application is submitted and all documents are received."

Would this mean my original email from them stating up to six weeks is now reset to eight more weeks? I sure hope not.

Sorry, probably. Their original six wk time frame was once everything was received and now possibly more like "We're so hammered with applications and people are now starting to take summer vaction time w/their families ...... Either way it is now happening, use this time to train and prepare, then enjoy!

One more thing though - I'm expecting to change address in 5 months when I move into a new house (I'll still own my current house), do I simply just do that online or is there another complicated process that I have to go through to get that changed? i.e., will my card be invalid if the address on there does not match my permanent address? Or should I just keep the address the same as is since I'm not selling the current home?[/quote]


Check their webpage, it can be done online. Pretty quick and painless actually. However, if during the changeover, you have to show to a LEO they may "sternly" tell you to 'get it corrected ASAP' even if you tell them you're working on it.