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PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FOR A NEW LICENSE
You can start your application for a concealed handgun license in two different ways. We suggest that you come to class so you understand what you are stating on the application. However, you can go online and complete the application and then come to class. Whichever you decide to do, you will have to apply online to get a number so you can set up your appointment for fingerprints with L1 solutions. As of March 1, 2011, DPS will no longer accept rolled fingerprints. They must be completed by L1 Solutions and you must make an appointment with them giving them a number assigned by DPS so it will tie into your application.
1. To complete the application at:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/chlsindex.htm
You will need your driver's license, birthday, social security number, current mailing and residential addresses, places you have lived the last 5 years, information on ANY arrests and charges, present employment and previous employment locations for the past 5 years, and any drug or alcohol treatment received.
When you complete payment to the Department of Public Safety online, it will give you a receipt and Bar Code Check List. You must print out the receipt/Bar Code Check List that appears on the screen telling you any additional documents/paperwork based on any special conditions - place of birth; residence address; etc. - that needs be completed and returned to the Department. It will have a barcode and must be included with the additional items needed by DPS.
Be sure you understand what is being asked in the application as you are verifying the information when you complete the process. You will not receive an application packet in the mail.
We will complete your photographs in class.
When you complete the class, you will be issued a CHL 100 showing that you have passed both the classroom and range qualification.
You will then mail the required documentation (i.e. photographs, fingerprints, CHL-100 and any other documentation they have requested) to the Department of Public Safety for them to process the background checks and issue your license.
2. YOU CAN COME TO CLASS and get a hard copy application from us or go online and print one. But if you file a hard copy application instead of an electronic application, you will have to send it in with your other documentation and be assigned a number which they will mail back to you so you can set up your fingerprints with L1 solutions.
RENEWAL APPLICATIONS - You can begin the process 6 months prior to your license expiration date. If you have taken the class, gotten your license and renewed one time, a second time and this is your third time to renew, call DPS as you may not have to take the class and range qualification but every 10 years.
Note: RENEWAL APPLICATIONS NO LONGER REQUIRE THE FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. If license is already expired, you must renew before your next birth date or you will have to start over.
The renewal process can be completed by –
1. Go ONLINE
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/crime_records/chl/chlsindex.htm
- Complete the online renewal application
When you complete payment to the Department of Public Safety online, it will give you a receipt and notice letter. You must print out the receipt/notice/checklist that appears on the screen telling you any additional documents/paperwork based on any special conditions - place of birth; residence address; etc. - that needs be completed and returned to the Department. It will have a barcode and must be included with the additional items needed by DPS.
Be sure you understand what is being asked in the application as you are verifying the information when you complete the process. You will not receive an application packet in the mail.
You just set up a class date and come to class with identification.
When you complete the class, you will be issued a CHL 100 showing that you have passed both the classroom and range qualification.
You will then mail the required documentation to the Department of Public Safety for them to process the background checks and issue your renewal license.
2. OR call DPS 512/424 7293 and request your renewal application packet
Set up a class date and come to class with identification and your renewal papers.. We will notarize your affidavits if needed.
When you complete the class, you will be issued a CHL 100 showing that you have passed both the classroom and range qualification.
You will then mail the renewal application with payment attached, affidavits and any required documentation to the Department of Public Safety for them to process the background checks and issue your renewal license.
We know all of this is confusing so please give us a call if you have any questions.
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