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Maybe I will get mine today then!

Yes, I think some of the fast ones are an anomaly. I had everything turned in 7/24. I was under review until 9/2. It wasn't until 9/7 that everything went green and status changed to mailed. I guess some are faster than others. Not sure why.

That makes sense. Maybe they mail out on Monday and the update in the system comes on tues morning. My status page appeared on 8/4 a Thurs.

That's a good question. I think the times vary depending on what county or if they have to check with multiple counties one could be slow. I've had the same address for the 5 years and was all in on 7/24. I'm still under review. Like one of the posters said yesterday that he was told Harris county was the hold up. I'm sure the highly populated counties take longer to hear back from.

What do they do with the photo they take when they take fingerprints?

Yes mine showed that from 7/24-8/6.

Yeah exactly. It's random. Some are fast some are slow.

I understand. It's just strange to see others post that theirs came so fast while others that submitted at the same time or before haven't even had status updates.

I'm not sure if that's always the case. I turned in a dd214 with honorable discharge on 7/24. Seems like some that have had everything submitted already have plastic.

Maybe I applied then took the class. I have a security license that is from dps with the same fingerprint type background check with the fbi. So I thought mine would be pretty quick.

Me too. It's strange.

Mine has been stuck there since 8/2 but I was all in on 7/24.

I wondered if that could happen. I read that the people that update the status are different than the people that issue the licenses. Hum....maybe mine will show up even though mine says under review.

Wow thanks!

I don't understand either. Seems impossible to do a thorough background check in a day, but some are done in a day. Then others weeks or months. I didn't even have a status page until the 4th. But since then it hasn't changed once. It seems like the actual process could be further along than the status page actually shows. It may just depend on who is assigned to process yours. I thought mine would be quick because I've already had a similar background check through them with fingerprints for a different license I hold. Strange. I was all in 7/24 and I'm still under background review.

Also, does the status change really only update overnight? Just curious if anyone ever had a midday change. My only change was overnight. I'm just curious if it's even worth checking in the day time.