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hi-power · Post by **hi-power** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:21 pm

I just sent my CHL package out via certified mail.

Does anybody know if an expired renewal gets processed any faster than a first-timer license? (Wishful thinking).

Post by **carlson1** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:26 pm

Mine did if that helps you feel any better.

hi-power · Post by **hi-power** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:56 am

CHL Timeline:
Class Taken - 11/18
Application sent certified - 12/1
Application rec'd by DPS - 12/4
PIN Received -
Expired Renewal License Received â€“

COME ON! At least send a PIN #. Jeez!

Mithras61 · Post by **Mithras61** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:57 am

"Sorry for the delay. We are simply overwhelmed with the Holiday traffic. You wouldn't believe how many people wanted to get their CHL for Christmas!" - DPS

j/k...

7GenTex · Post by **7GenTex** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:55 pm

hi-power wrote:Does anybody know if an expired renewal gets processed any faster than a first-timer license? (Wishful thinking).

Mine has not - but I was out of state for 3 years in the interim.
Mine was expired for a few years prior to this application.

I got the "waiting for background investigation" early this week via email.

10/23 - App rec'd by DPS
11/21 - PIN letter sent by DPS

STILL WAITING

hi-power · Post by **hi-power** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:02 pm

Mithras61 wrote:"Sorry for the delay. We are simply overwhelmed with the Holiday traffic. You wouldn't believe how many people wanted to get their CHL for Christmas!" - DPS

j/k...

If I got a call like that, I'd have to go into my Roy D. Mercer act:

"It ain't funny."
"I'm fixing to come down there and get sideways with somebody!"
"I'm gonna git a hunk outta you big enough to clog the drain!"
"How big a boy are ya?"

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:37 am

hi-power wrote:If I got a call like that, I'd have to go into my Roy D. Mercer act:

"It ain't funny."
"I'm fixing to come down there and get sideways with somebody!"
"I'm gonna git a hunk outta you big enough to clog the drain!"
"How big a boy are ya?"

"Y'all got a squarr-off place down thar, where y'all'r at?"
"Just how do I get down thar t'where y'all are?"
"I'm gonna take a hunk outta you big enough to bait a bar trap!"
"By gawd!"
"Roooy Dam Mercer." As in, Hoover Dam. "It ain't a cursin'!."

We've got 4 or 5 R.D. Mercer CDs in the van. Hilarious stuff.

Kevin

hi-power · Post by **hi-power** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:52 am

Today is day 50 since the completed expired renewal packet was received in Austin and I haven't even gotten a PIN yet.
What the heck?

Post by **Skiprr** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:31 pm

hi-power wrote:Today is day 50 since the completed expired renewal packet was received in Austin and I haven't even gotten a PIN yet.
What the heck?

Just from the history of posts here, it looks to me as if there was a brief burst in Austin of activity and approvals before Christmas, and ever since it seems as if DPS--or the designated authorities for the local background checks--is chipping through a big backlog with an ice pick. Not much progress. But I thought the holiday clog would have, er, flushed out of the system by now; we're just a week and half from February.

I think the 50-day-and-no-PIN deserves an email.

Hang in there.

hi-power · Post by **hi-power** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:35 pm

After 54 days, a package from DPS showed up in the mail!!

It's a huge envelope for a little piece of plastic, but OK!

It's a form letter saying something was wrong with my TR-100.

The form letter wasn't specific as to what was wrong with it, and they sent back a copy of my TR-100, (with nothing marked wrong on it).

I took the instructor class at DPS in Austin in August 1995 and I let my license expire in 2001. In November 2006 I took the full 8-10 hour class and the proficiency exam, (passed them both), and my instructor told me to check RENEWAL and write EXPIRED RENEWAL on the top of the TR-100. DPS received it December 4, 2006 and they just now let me know there's a problem.

I spoke with a CHL Instructor who thinks I should have checked the NEW LICENSE box instead of the RENEWAL box on the form. Any other instructors have an opinion on that or anything else that could be wrong on the form?

Not much help came in the envelope from DPS and I expect I'll be on the phone for a long time when I call them Monday morning.

Thanks for any help.

hi-power · Post by **hi-power** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:10 pm

Problem clarified by DPS this morning. I should have checked NEW LICENSE box instead of RENEWAL on the TR-100. All I have to do is fix that, initial it, and send it back in...and wait some more.

hi-power · Post by **hi-power** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:55 am

"Application Completed - license issued or certificate active"

Come on postman!

Mithras61 · Post by **Mithras61** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:27 pm

hi-power wrote:"Application Completed - license issued or certificate active"

Come on postman!

Congrats! When mine changed, it started the longest three days of the entire process!

casselthief · Post by **casselthief** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:39 pm

hi-power wrote:"Application Completed - license issued or certificate active"

Come on postman!

congrats, man. glad to hear it.

Post by **Skiprr** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:45 pm

hi-power wrote:"Application Completed - license issued or certificate active"

Woo-hoo!

Soon, a Good Guy on the DFW streets with a Browning!

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