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timtheteacher wrote:It may be that certain counties are assigned to individuals and their workload is larger because of the larger pops in those counties.

Makes sense

My Timeline
03/15/14- Completed Online Application
11/12/14 - Got Fingerprints done
02/11/15- Took CHL Class
02/12/15- Submitted supporting paper work.

UPDATE

02/13/15 - Email from DPS acknowledging they received my supporting paper work.
03/16/15- Got home being out of town and found out they need a copy of my DD214 still (sent it with supporting documents I thought. Uploaded copy and mailed a copy to be sure.
03/17/15 - Email from DPS acknowledging they received my Support paper work.

Moving my status info from Feb to here to better track. So Friday I'll be on my 3rd week since acknowledgment email. Wondering if folks notice status change on certain days mainly and a time of day? I'm currently out of country for work and won't be back until some time next week. Though I do pop on and try to check every couple days on the site and nothing yet. Hopefully soon.

Feb. 12- Application submitted
Feb. 16- Fingerprints submitted
Feb. 21- CHL class taken
Feb. 22- Documents uploaded and the wait begins...
Feb. 23- Received email confirming document submission
Mar. 6- Status Updated! Come on postal service!

txtokarev wrote:Feb. 12- Application submitted
Feb. 16- Fingerprints submitted
Feb. 21- CHL class taken
Feb. 22- Documents uploaded and the wait begins...
Feb. 23- Received email confirming document submission
Mar. 6- Status Updated! Come on postal service!

I sent my things a couple days ahead of you, so I hope my turn is coming up soon. I'm in Bryan/College Station too, so this might disprove the theory about applications being sorted by county.

Maybe, I have been fingerprinted and background checked before by other gov't agencies so maybe that helped speed things up?

I have had multiple background checks as well. Got a Top Secret clearance while in the Army. State Department background check done to go overseas as a contractor. Had the Federal Bureau of Prisons do one as well for employment as well as Local Police Department. There shouldnt be any reason for any hold ups lol

Summited all my docs on Feb 19th and just in case again on the 26th. as of this morning the online status still shows that its still processing..

I've been following this site for awhile and thought I'd share a little nugget of info I found out today when I called to check status and inquire about the process time of my application. First let me provide the timeline.

1/28/15 - filled out online application
2/1/15 - fingerprints
2/3/15 - chl class
2/5/15 - mailed all documentation including dd214

After reading how some folks are receiving their license in 10+ days, I decided to call today and check. I first ask if I did not receive a letter or license by the 60th day would my application close, and the reply was absolutely not. Internally, they are not bound by the 60 day rule and the app would stay open as long as it took to make a determination.
Second thing I learned was my dd214 was not cleared til 2/19 and that's when they actually ly started the background check in which she said they have 35 days to complete. So , I'm looking at around 3/19 ór so before I can expect them to have my background check completed
Definitely made me feel better. I was beginning to think there was a problem.

Welcome to the forum

Texasdoesitbest wrote:First time forum member, and first time CHL. I'll kick off March 2015

2/13: Fingerprints
2/14: CHL Class, yes on vday
2/14: Submitted documents online and mailed originals (just in case)
2/17: email confirmation of documents submitted
3/3: Online status changed as of 6 am allowing me to change address, report card stolen etc..

Not a bad turn around time, I do live in Austin and have no record which might have made things go a little faster.

Lets see how fast the plastic gets here being in Austin and all.

Plastic arrived today!

3 day delivery from the time my status changed.

Texasdoesitbest wrote:

Texasdoesitbest wrote:First time forum member, and first time CHL. I'll kick off March 2015

2/13: Fingerprints
2/14: CHL Class, yes on vday
2/14: Submitted documents online and mailed originals (just in case)
2/17: email confirmation of documents submitted
3/3: Online status changed as of 6 am allowing me to change address, report card stolen etc..

Not a bad turn around time, I do live in Austin and have no record which might have made things go a little faster.

Lets see how fast the plastic gets here being in Austin and all.

Plastic arrived today!
3 day delivery from the time my status changed.

That's awesome dude! congrats! Stay safe!

Here is my time line
63 days and still no plastic
12/18 filled out on line application
12/20 fingerprinting
1/3 CHL-100 class
1/4 sent in CHL-100 document sent in and received Confirmation email
1/23 called DPS and they said that they didn't get CHL-100
1/23 sent CHL-100 again
1/24 confirmation email received CHL-100
1/29 called DPS. Still had not gotten CHL-100. She gave me her supervisors email to send it to.
2/6 called DPS and said that they had everything
3/3 called DPS and she said that my license has been sent to processing
3/4 Status changed to let me change address and etc.

I'm hoping it will be in the mail to day

First time forum member, first Texas CHL (born and raised here , but got one when stationed in Virginia)

4/30/2014: Filled out online application and forgot
2/27/2015: Submitted address change and DD-214
3/3/2015: Called to verify receipt of address change and DD-214, they confirmed they had them and would apply the change of address
3/6/2015: Fingerprints taken
3/7/2015: Took my CHL class and submitted CHL-100

Now the wait......

2/3/15 application
2/7/15 fingerprint
2/14/15 CHL class
2/15/15 submitted evrything
2/16/15 recieved confirmation email from DPS
3/10/15 called this morning only to hear that they are still waiting for my supporting docs and told to call back in a week to check again