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Well it's final!

I received my license today! So excited!!!!

Thank you everyone for your help, suggestions and encouragment!

Take Down Sicko wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 9:28 pm Good show Elephant007! Congrats. Good that you didnt give up. It took a lot of work on your part to finally get yourself approved. So, if you dont mind me asking...what make and model of weapon will you be carrying when you receive your license?

To answer: I will be caring my Glock 19 as my EDC concealed. I've been practicing at home carrying waiting for my LTC before I received my denial. Was very discouraged upon my denial and stopped practicing.

All this hard work will make me appreciate my license even more! Too bad the person who reviewed my case didn't do their diligence to make the right decision in the first place. Don't worry, I'm not bitter about this whole experience. I hope that I'm the exception and not the rule and that no-one else will have to go though what I went through to get their license.

Today, for the fun of it, I checked my LTC status online and two of the three entries that used to be yellow are now green...
Fingerprints and Background Check are now green
Print Pending is still yellow.
Getting closer. The next thing is to have it in my hand!

Another update, this might be the next to last one before this is resolved!

So I emailed DPS asking for verification that they received the documents I emailed them and asked if they could give me an update on the situation. I didn't hear back from them for two weeks so I decided to email my State Representative's office once more for help on just getting an update of the situation.

They told me they would contact DPS on Monday (today 10/29/2018).

I received a call from DPS around 2:30 today. They informed me that the denial has been reversed and that they were able issue me a LTC. They have affixed my picture on the license and mailed it out today. I should expect delivery in 7 - 14 days from now.

I'm holding my excitement until I have my license in hand, this is a victory for me no doubt.
I did receive a semi apology "we were premature in making a decision of denial before reviewing all the available documents".. I've waited 6 months so I"m sure 7 to 14 days will be a breeze!

Thank you everyone for your help and interest in this matter and all the suggestions, recommendations and encouragement!

First of all I want to thank everyone for their help and interest...

I contacted my State Representatives' office to see if they would be interested in helping me with my situation. I emailed them on Friday 10/12/2018 at about 9:30 AM. They sent me a reply around 9:40 AM asking for more information so I provided them that information around 8:30 PM Friday night and receive another reply at 10:30 PM indicating they would work on the issue for me first thing Monday morning.

Well today 10/15/2018 at 3:10 PM I received a phone call from Texas Department of Public Safety Office of Regulatory Counsel. A supervisor who said within the first sentences that she was contacted by State Representitive Stan Lambert's office.

We had a pleasant conversation and she said to me that if she's satisfied with why I believe I was wrongfully denied and that they were the ones that made the error, she can reverse the denial without needing to have an appeal hearing.

She asked that I send her my paperwork from my criminal case, the court documents, she will review them and determine if there was an oversight on their behalf that led to my denial. So I emailed the documents and hope to hear from them within the next few days.

Thank you mojo84 for your wonderful suggestion!

Infoman:
I was given the deferred adjudication on March 1, 1993 in Taylor County Texas for the charge of Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle

I still have not received my appeal date. I've called several times and left my number for a supervisor to call back and nothing. I've emailed a few times with no response.

I'm being patient.
I was told that DPS was waiting for a response from my county clerk and I went to my county clerk and they said that they haven't heard from anyone from DPS on my appeal, I was helped by a person who made several calls to all local entities that would be involved with the situation and nothing.

Does any one have information to help me out? Do I need to seek an attorney that could get the ball rolling faster? How long does it take to get an appeal hearing? Seems like there's a lot of feet dragging... I know I know, it's the government.

ScottDLS wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:34 pm

elephant007 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:17 pm Thank you for the rapid reply...
Charge was Theft of motor vehicle, my court document say Unauthorized use of motor vehicle

Looks to me like you’re qualified. Did you submit the successful completion paperwork for your Deferral? Maybe it showed up as an arrest without disposition so they assumed you were convicted. I also believe you may be able to get it expunged, but that shouldn’t really be necessary.

Excellent! I did not provide this information initially, I did it all online and just provided my arrest record.
I will go to the County Courthouse tomorrow and get the required paperwork so I can have it when I have my hearing for appeal.

What do you recommend I get from the courthouse?

bblhd672 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 5:36 pm In what state did the felony unauthorized use occur?

The incident happend in Texas

Thank you for the rapid reply...
Charge was Theft of motor vehicle, my court document say Unauthorized use of motor vehicle

Just received a letter indicating that I failed to qualify under eligibility criteria listed in Government Code § 411.172(a) more specifically § 411.172(a)(3). I successfully completed deferred adjudication disposition in September of 1996.
I though that § 411.1711 https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs ... tm#411.117 would give me the eligibility to be issued a permit.
Do I have good case to win an appeal based upon this code? I can provide more specifics if needed.

Any help would be grately appreciated.


**UPDATE 11/5/2018 Finally Received License After Long Process And No Appeal Hearing Needed**

Summary, had to get the State Representative's office involved to get DPS to communicate with me.
Sent supporting documents and DPS reversed the denial without me needing to go an appeal hearing.

DPS did not respond to several contact attempts from me so I got my State Representative's office involved twice before finally getting DPS to reverse the denial and issue the LTC.