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If I'd taken the classes together it would have been a foot race. I got my TX license in 39 days.

Another reason people take the TX instead of the UT...They don't KNOW they can take the UT or they don't have a convenient UT instructor. There are a LOT more TX instructors in TX than UT instructors in TX.

That non-resident thing would be a big reason. Colorado requires a resident permit and Kansas doesn't allow UT at all, for those who travel to these fairly close states.

I think I'm going to get my UT permit in a couple years, so I have a long long overlap between when my TX and UT permits expire.

You can carry with the UT permit as long as it's a) valid and b) we have reciprocity with UT. However, you're more likely to run into LEOs who don't understand reciprocity, I'd guess. You can beat the rap but you may have to take a ride... that kind of deal. And you have no idea if that reciprocity agreement might ever go away, but then, you don't know that the TX CHL will be valid the day after you receive it either.

You go to a UT certified instructor. They're harder to find than TX instructors, obviously, but there are people who do it. Google is your friend, or search this site.