Just to update:
I did the online application, finger printed and paid at Speedway PD on 1/11/2013. I emailed ISP last night and got a reply back around 8:45AM this morning. The email I sent just asked if there was any way to look up my application and see where it was in the system and was signed with my first and last name. The email in return said...
"Mr. Hdfb03,
If you are the same Hdfb03 that finger printed at Speedway PD on January 11, 2013 then you can currently anticipate your permit sometime around the end of April or first of May. however, we have added some staffing and are working overtime in an effort to reduce that turnaround time. We have experienced a 500% increase in volume of applications since November 2012, which is directly causing the delay. Thank you for your email and your patience."
Obviously I wasn't excited to hear that it will be late April/early May, but I will say I am happy to at least have some sort of a more accurate expectation. I am not holding him to this purely bc I know things can happen, but at the same time this lets me know that it is in the system and around when I should receive it. If you look at recent posts here you have people who have called in and they said they are working on December apps, then others say November apps, and some have said January apps. For some reason this email puts my mind a little more at ease knowing an estimate on when it could arrive rather than mixed dates they are "working on". Just my .
I emailed him back letting him know that I appreciate his quick response and hopefullyi they see a light at the end of the tunnel in getting a bit less busy.
I did the online application, finger printed and paid at Speedway PD on 1/11/2013. I emailed ISP last night and got a reply back around 8:45AM this morning. The email I sent just asked if there was any way to look up my application and see where it was in the system and was signed with my first and last name. The email in return said...
"Mr. Hdfb03,
If you are the same Hdfb03 that finger printed at Speedway PD on January 11, 2013 then you can currently anticipate your permit sometime around the end of April or first of May. however, we have added some staffing and are working overtime in an effort to reduce that turnaround time. We have experienced a 500% increase in volume of applications since November 2012, which is directly causing the delay. Thank you for your email and your patience."
Obviously I wasn't excited to hear that it will be late April/early May, but I will say I am happy to at least have some sort of a more accurate expectation. I am not holding him to this purely bc I know things can happen, but at the same time this lets me know that it is in the system and around when I should receive it. If you look at recent posts here you have people who have called in and they said they are working on December apps, then others say November apps, and some have said January apps. For some reason this email puts my mind a little more at ease knowing an estimate on when it could arrive rather than mixed dates they are "working on". Just my .
I emailed him back letting him know that I appreciate his quick response and hopefullyi they see a light at the end of the tunnel in getting a bit less busy.