Non-Immigrant Texas CHL

[AustinBoy]

Ok, I have searched for hours and read a TON of conflicting information.

All I am trying to determine is if a friend of mine can his TX CHL.

Here is what I know as fact:
He is here on an EAD. Employment Authorization Document.
He can and has purchased a handgun legally.
- Passport
-3 months of bills
-TX hunting license
-3 day wait for background check

So he has legally purchased a handgun in TX.
Can he now get a CHL?

I am hoping to hear from an instructor who has had a student get one or someone who personally has one.

In my search, I have seen the law quoted and interpreted in about 30 different ways. That is why I am hoping to find someone who actually HAS a CHL.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!
AB

[EKO]

Only legal residents. If they have a green card (Temporary or permanant) they can get a CHL. I researched prior to my wife becoming a citizen


edited: The EAD is the precurser to the Green Card. EAD takes about 3 months unless their passport/visa was stamped with authorization to work or by the nature of the visa.The greencard takes about 6 months.

[AustinBoy]

So he can buy a handgun but cant get a CHL.

Kinda crazy.

Thanks though!

[EKO]

sounds to me that he is on the way to getting the greencard.

[AustinBoy]

Correct.
But he estimates it will take another 2-3 years.

AB

[EKO]

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/InternetFo ... CHL-40.pdf

I am not sure what kind of visa he is under, but sounds to me that he is waiting for his Temporary Green Card (2 Year).

my thinking is he has come over on a non-immigrant visa and is in the middle of adjusting status.

[Richardc]

Go hear and ask them.
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/contact/default.aspx

[Zoti]

Don't get the visa and green card processes confused.

If he came to the US on a work visa as the main holder he doesn't need an EAD.
If he came as the spouse of someone who has work visa such as E1 or L1-A/B then he can apply for an EAD.
If he is in the process of getting his GC then part of that process is getting an EAD under the new status.

It really depends on where he is standing as far as his immigrant status.

A non-resident alien can buy a gun but no CHL. A resident can do both.

BTW, you don't need three months of bills anymore. The GC and your CHL are enough.

[Skydivesnake]

Passport, I-94, hunting licence, clean NICS check. There was an additional requirement which was to have been physically present in the US, with no exits and re-entries, for 90 continuous days prior to the CHL application - not sure if that is still required. Alot of folks confused this with the utility bills requirement (which has now been dropped) but I know that the FBI pinged immigration during the NICS check on that as they came back with a query, which I resolved.

That's what I needed when I got a CHL under an E2 visa several years back.

[AustinBoy]

And this is why it gets confusing.

Zoti:
A non-resident alien can buy a gun but no CHL

Skydivesnake:
That's what I needed when I got a CHL under an E2 visa several years back.

So Skydivesnake, you are saying that you are a non-resident alien, here on a Visa, and got your TX CHL?

Thanks
AB

[EKO]

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/InternetFo ... CHL-40.pdf

read this

[AustinBoy]

EKO,
Right. I believe that is what he did to purchase the handgun.

Does the same process apply to obtaining a CHL?

Thanks
AB

[Hoosier Daddy]

The form name is CHL-40.

[AustinBoy]

Good grief.

Thanks Hoosier.

[Skydivesnake]

EKO,
Right. I believe that is what he did to purchase the handgun.

Does the same process apply to obtaining a CHL?

Thanks
AB

To the best of my memory, yes.