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Looks like Monday April 11th was a good day for for several of us!

2.25 - Online App.
2.28 – 3.01 - CHL Class - ink prints
3.02 - FAST prints (just in case)
3.02 – Mailed packet, regular USPS
3.22 – DPS online form filled out – asking if packet has been received.
3.23 – DPS employee calls, packet received, prints complete, BG under review.
3.31 - Online Status finally updated, fingerprints complete, background check under review.
4.04 - background check complete, CHL: manufacturing pending.
4.05 – CHL: manufacturing.
4.07 – CHL: mailed
4.11 – PLASTIC IN HAND!
41 total days from packet mailing to license received.

Now if they would just get this parking lot thing passed so that my employer could not prevent me from bringing it on to their premisis (and leaving it in my truck)...all would be good.

Slowplay wrote:

djjoshuad wrote:ugh, mine is still showing BG under review... and I mailed mine a few days before you guys! I don't think there's anything on my BG to cause me any problems... I mean, I have lived in the same county since 2003 and I haven't had so much as a traffic ticket in 10 years. Hopefully it'll update by Monday so I don't pull the rest of my hair out :)

I might get a buzz cut so I don't pull the rest of my hair out .

Yeah, mine is processing a bit slower too. I'm not sure if Rayman and Bigmoney work and live in the same counties, but I don't. I assumed it would take longer for my background check since there are two counties involved (& I have a fairly common name).

Also, it looks like they're both in the Houston area. Maybe Harris and Montgomery counties are faster than ours.

Spring and Magnolia are both in Harris county, but I doubt the county that you live in has much bearing on how fast your appilcation processes. Mine went through quicker than some. But I had a good feeling mine might. You see, I just went through a year long background check last year in order to be approved for an adoption. Trust me, that is a much more "intense" background check than getting the CHL done. Other things that I'm guessing might have helped mine process faster...I've had the same address for the last 16 years and my last "brush with the law" was a speeding ticket in 1991.

My next to last update...

2.25 - Online App.
2.28 – 3.01 - CHL Class - ink prints
3.02 - FAST prints (just in case)
3.02 – Mailed packet, regular USPS
3.22 – DPS online form filled out – asking if packet has been received.
3.23 – DPS employee calls, packet received, prints complete, BG under review.
3.31 - Online Status finally updated, fingerprints complete, background check under review.
4.04 - background check complete, CHL: manufacturing pending.
4.05 – CHL: manufacturing.
4.07 – CHL: mailed

My latest updates:
4/4/11 - manufacturing pending
4/5/11 - manufacturing

Next is "mailed". Hopefully it mails in the next day or two. Sure would be sweet to have it by Saturday.

rayman1968 wrote:My online status has finally updated!
Application : Received
Fingerprints : Complete
Affidavits : Received
DL or ID : Valid
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received
Photo : Received
Proof of Classroom training : Received
Proof of Proficiency training : Received
Fee : Received
Background Check : Under review
Concealed Handgun License : Print pending completion of application review

Update 4/4, background check complete; CHL:manufacturing pending. Sounds like it should be in my mailbox in the next 1-2 weeks.

My online status has finally updated!
Application : Received
Fingerprints : Complete
Affidavits : Received
DL or ID : Valid
Citizenship : No documentation required
Passport photo holder : Received
Photo : Received
Proof of Classroom training : Received
Proof of Proficiency training : Received
Fee : Received
Background Check : Under review
Concealed Handgun License : Print pending completion of application review

On 3/22 I filled out an online form under Customer Relations on the DPS-CHL website. (I wanted to make sure my packet was received since I did not do "return receipt" at the post office.)
On 3/23 I get a call from them and they confirm my packet was received. I asked if they were actually doing anything with it yet and she said yes, my fingerprints were complete and background check is underway. She also admitted they are currently swamped with applications and that online updates are WAY BEHIND.
I feel better knowing my stuff is being worked on, since we can't really check the progress online.

Howdy ya'll,

I've been lurking here for just about a month, checking to see everyone's wait time. I finally broke down and registered this morning.
patience...patience...patience...