Under BG Check for 5 weeks

So, your CHL Application has been filed and the clock has slowed to a crawl - tell us about it!

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cctx82
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Under BG Check for 5 weeks

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Is this uncommon for someone with an uncommon name and a squeaky clean record.. Or should I call? Which I know won't work.
10/30/2011: CHL Class
10/31/2011: Online Application
11/2/2011: Fingerprinting & Mailed
11/09/2011: DPS Updates Status
11/09/2011: BG Check Under Review

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...do you sleepwalk??? :lol: the delays are maddening, I know...it'll get done...I wouldn't slow it up by calling...it'll be worth the wait...what're you gonna be carrying when it gets here???

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I know but once christmas roles around its only going to get slower haha. For my carry is a springfield 1911 loaded or my sig p229. That is when I receive my license of course :waiting: . What about you?
10/30/2011: CHL Class
10/31/2011: Online Application
11/2/2011: Fingerprinting & Mailed
11/09/2011: DPS Updates Status
11/09/2011: BG Check Under Review

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I have been in the BG Check for three weeks. Have seen some on here get their plastic that sent their papers in weeks after me. Guess you and I got on the desk of someone that needed to burn their vacation time before the end of the year.
11/04/11 Applied online.
11/07/11 Finger prints.
11/12/11 CHL class.
11/14/11 Packet mailed.
11/23/11 Packet received. BG check pending.
12/15/11 BG check complete. MFG pending
12/16/11 Manufacturing.
12/17/11 Mailed
12/23/11 Plastic in hand.

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Oh, and I don't think they speed it up if you are squeaky clean. I have had chl in the past, lived in same house for 26 years, been at only two jobs in last 25 years and have never had more than a speeding ticket.
11/04/11 Applied online.
11/07/11 Finger prints.
11/12/11 CHL class.
11/14/11 Packet mailed.
11/23/11 Packet received. BG check pending.
12/15/11 BG check complete. MFG pending
12/16/11 Manufacturing.
12/17/11 Mailed
12/23/11 Plastic in hand.
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If you get to 60 days after DPS received everything, and I mean everything, and you haven't heard a peep from DPS, that's a good time to call.
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cctx82 wrote:I know but once christmas roles around its only going to get slower haha. For my carry is a springfield 1911 loaded or my sig p229. That is when I receive my license of course :waiting: . What about you?
Nobody told you DPS shut down for Christmas? :lol: The wait stinks, but I promise you'll have it before you know it. I also have a Sig P229 that is my first choice (unless one of my others is my first choice for the day) :mrgreen: . I just ordered an IWB from Shielded Holsters, on a recommendation (and a try-on) from a friend and fellow-forumer.

And welcome to the forum to you and JP1961! :txflag:
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...I wrote up a one-pager that I added to my application...primarily to explain a copule misdemeanor offences from some 20 years ago...but also to give a little more info about me and what I've done since then. I was in the military and served in Desert Storm, went to an Ivy league college for my MBA, have a pretty cool job now that people always want to know more about, been married for 12 years to my college sweetheart and have three boys, etc...

I figured with my two offences (and one was an aggravated assault that was charged as a felony but was dropped to a misdemeanor), top secret military clearance, etc... that mine was going to take months. It barely took a month. I don't know if it worked or not - but I know it certainly didn't hurt. I think personalizing the app a little probably gets it moving quickly if the right person picks it up...

Just my .02...
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Re: Under BG Check for 5 weeks

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It updated to manufacturing pending today. Feels great but I know the wait isn't over lol they still have to mail it. My dad worked for the state for 30 years I know how slow they move to
Get things done. I loved shooting his .357 p229 service pistol which is why I got one. Feels great in my galco iwb. Hooraah
10/30/2011: CHL Class
10/31/2011: Online Application
11/2/2011: Fingerprinting & Mailed
11/09/2011: DPS Updates Status
11/09/2011: BG Check Under Review

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Post by WSimons »

Lucky. Tomorrow marks 9 weeks. Everytime I try calling I spend about 40 mins on hold before losing my patience. Congrats on the update, though.

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Re: Under BG Check for 5 weeks

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Strange how some bg checks take much longer. Mine was under review from the 6th and changed to completed on the 16th. :???:
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