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My license was supposedly mailed last Thursday. Mail from Austin to Dallas takes no more than 2 days, so there is something odd about the "it is in the mail, expect it in 7-10 days" when we are talking intrastate mail. When my brother was in Iraq I could send him packages faster than that! The wait continues...

Great advice bauerdj. I had the thought once but had somehow drifted away from it.

grad_Student wrote:

pvince wrote:My status online says "application processing," but I have had one phone call and one email to DPS indicating the license is being printed.

On Monday (2/1) I received the following response to an email inquiry:
"The license is being printed. You should receive it within 1-2 weeks."

I am wondering if others experienced the same lag.

What did you say in your email? I want to shoot them one but I don't want to sound rude as sometimes stiff emails can sound.

"Hi- Just wanted to check with you on the status of my application and make sure you were not missing anything from me that you require. Thank you!"

I made a big deal out of them getting back to me so quickly saying how impressive it was. They are super friendly. BTW it did show up "application complete" as of this morning online.

Now I wish I had been more aggressive in deciding on what I wanted to carry. The only handgun I own is an old Colt Detective Special snub-nosed 38. It was my grandfathers gun. Rarely fired best I can tell. It came to me in the original box with the original box of ammo purchased with it. Kind of a classic I suppose. Not my ultimate carry piece though (exposed hammer, for starters, and I would want CT grips on any snubbie I was carrying). I did buy a pocket holster for it awhile back, but I think it is too heavy to carry in a pocket. Time to get serious about shopping now!

I think I answered my own question. Just for grins I sent the question to DPS and received the following back in about 2 minutes (their email response time is remarkable!):

"Your application is complete and your license was mailed on 2/4/10 . Please allow time for delivery. Thank you and have a nice day."

No acknowledgment of the online status question by DPS, but at this point, who cares!

My status online says "application processing," but I have had one phone call and one email to DPS indicating the license is being printed.

On Monday (2/1) I received the following response to an email inquiry:
"The license is being printed. You should receive it within 1-2 weeks."

I am wondering if others experienced the same lag.




July 2008 - Online application, paid fee, received PIN. (Luckily they do not enforce the 1 year rule .)
12/29/09 - CHL class
12/30/09 - mailed completed packet
1/6/10 - received by DPS (per their records)
Application processing...