Here's my final timeline, including four months of delay because I sent the wrong DD-214.
1/21/2016: Email confirmation that I'm all in.
??/??: Don't remember the date, but I made several calls to confirm they had everything and could proceed. Was assured they did each time, but "we're busy, blah, blah."
5/26: No movement at all, even after multiple phone calls. I was told that the background hadn't even been started, but they wanted another copy of the DD-214. Looks like I sent member 1 instead of member 2. Ok, my mistake, but could have been corrected months ago if they communicated.
5/27: Resubmitted DD-214
6/30: Called and got another confirmation that they had everything needed, but would not give a status. Told to call back in a few weeks.
7/12: Called again and asked if the background has been started. Nope. Was told that he would press for an update.
7/15: Saw a status change on the DPS web site. Pending background.
7/19: Pending print
7/21: Mailed
7/22: Received
Through all of this, DPS never contacted me with a reason. I have a clean record. Seems that once your application is pushed aside, they just don't get back to it and can't be bothered to let you know.
Total:
184 Calendar days
126 Working days
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All in verified 1/21; still no background check
Been lurking while waiting.
I got off the phone with DPS right around 1900 & found that they have had all my documentation since the middle of January, but still have not requested the background check. It sucks, but at least they're now aware. Worst case guess is another month, because NICS has their own schedule for a reply once the submitted. Two of the four of us that submitted the same day have their license. Of those two, one has the wrong photo, but that seems easily remedied with a reissue. The third from our group had his fee refunded with no explanation, so he's back at the end of the line. Not enough data for a statistic, but a 25% success rate seems pretty poor for such a small group. It seems 1/21 was a popular day for submission acknowledgement. I'd guess they send those in batches after the application is queued.
I got off the phone with DPS right around 1900 & found that they have had all my documentation since the middle of January, but still have not requested the background check. It sucks, but at least they're now aware. Worst case guess is another month, because NICS has their own schedule for a reply once the submitted. Two of the four of us that submitted the same day have their license. Of those two, one has the wrong photo, but that seems easily remedied with a reissue. The third from our group had his fee refunded with no explanation, so he's back at the end of the line. Not enough data for a statistic, but a 25% success rate seems pretty poor for such a small group. It seems 1/21 was a popular day for submission acknowledgement. I'd guess they send those in batches after the application is queued.