ALERT! Fingerprint proecessign to be suspended!

ALERT... ALERT... ALERT

FINGERPRINT PROCESSING WILL BE SUSPENDED BY THE FBI FOR ALL CHL APPS. FROM APRIL 28,2010 THROUGH MAY 3,2010!

ACTUAL NOTICE:

 Applicant Fingerprint processing delay notice:

TXDPS has been notified by the FBI that all Fingerprint based background checks will be temporarily suspended beginning April 28, 2010 - May 3, 2010. The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) will be working with the U.S. Census Bureau to process more than 484,000 Fingerprints for Census Bureau workers.

Beginning May 4, 2010, TXDPS and the FBI will resume processing applicant fingerprints. It is important to note that the backlog of processing the fingerprint based background checks could take an additional two weeks. All applications will processed as quickly as possible once the FBI service returns to normal.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

 

To all my trainees and especially those who took my most recent CHL classes. Be advised that the DPS website is posting the above delay notification.


I recently posted on the website (eddiesteeves.com) that DPS is processing CHL's faster than ever RIGHT NOW. I also posted that in my experience THAT THIS COULD CHANGE AT ANY TIME; now it proves to be so. I know; again from experience, that the delay in fingerprinting will run for a good three to four months minimum since CHL applications will not be suspended in the "delay" period. That is going to stack things pretty deep in Austin folks, and there is no provision in the official delay notice to lengthen the original application deadline of one year before you have to do it all over again (your class).


AS YOUR INSTRUCTOR, I ADVISE YOU TO GET ON LINE AND PAY FOR YOUR LICENSING ASAP!!!! DO NOT IGNORE THIS OR DELAY IT. YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE AND TIME. IF YOU GET IT IN NOW YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO BE "GRANDFATHERED IN" BUT YOU WILL BE PROCESSED QUICKLY.


DO NOT WAIT!  GET YOUR LICENSING DONE ASAP. IF YOU ARE A RENEWAL, THE SAME APPLIES TO YOU. DO NOT WAIT.


YOUR INSTRUCTOR... EDDIE STEEVES