How long did you wait for your CCW?

[MarkV]

I've read in some states it only takes a couple of weeks. I'm going on 9 now. Just wondering where abouts the average is.

[Mack45]

I think that I hold the state record, 140 days. My prints were rejected 3 times. Our county doesnt have a digital fingerprint scanner. I finally went to a county that had one and the prints went thru just fine. It was only about 6 weeks on each try before I heard back from the OSBI, they must respond in 90 days. Patience dude, they must just have a bunch to process, you should get it , or hear from them any day now.

[761mph]

mine was right at 90 days(can't remember exactly)

my buddies joked that it took them that long because of all the tickets i got when i was younger :wink2:

[berettaman]

23 days.

[J.P.]

Mine took every bit of the 90 days.

[ChrisC]

i waited 23 years :wink2:

[DReed]

I am just over 80days and still waiting.

[okgr8outdrs]

My photos were rejected for being too blurry. It was 70 days after they confirmed they had received acceptable photos.

[aod93gt]

It took around 65 days to get mine, but everone that I know took the full 90 days.

[Tulsa Shooter]

91 days if i remember right, counting weekends.

[AresV]

Mine was right under 90 days.

[MarkV]

Well I don't feel so bad then. I don't have any criminal record and I've been ticket free (knock on wood) for over 4 years now.

[swavy00]

Mine, my wifes, my dads, my sisters, and my brother-in-laws all took right at 90 days. My moms took forever, she also had to get fingerprinted several times. Ended up having to go to OSBI to get fingerprinted. She doesn't hardly have any finger prints. It is like they are almost rubbed off, real faint. Weird!

[harold]

i got mine in 67 days! :)

[stepper]

Yip, mine took the full 90 days. Its like they do all the checks and then just let it sit until they decide to mail it out on the 88th day or so.

[MarkV]

Mine, my wifes, my dads, my sisters, and my brother-in-laws all took right at 90 days. My moms took forever, she also had to get fingerprinted several times. Ended up having to go to OSBI to get fingerprinted. She doesn't hardly have any finger prints. It is like they are almost rubbed off, real faint. Weird!


I'm not saying your mom's old or anything but that is very common with age. In my CCW class there was a guy well into his 70's in there and the instructer said he would deffinatly have problems getting a good set of prints.

[Ride Da Fire]

mine took 73 days

[YukonGlocker]

84 days

[san408]

Like alot of the other folks on here, mine took every friggin second of that 90 days they say it might take.

I did get lucky I guess, because my prints from Comanche County went through the first time. My Dad's got rejected twice.

[pete156]

I guess I was lucky.

Mine only took about 45 days.

[DanB]

60 days flat from walking out of the county sheriff's office to walking back in.

I think it would have been longer but when I was getting my finger prints done I was really anal watching the deputy do it. I asked him to reprint three fingers just to be safe. Nice guy didn't tell me no he just scaned them again.

Oh did I mention he looked like Farve from Super Troopers.

[AresV]

Oh did I mention he looked like Farva from Super Troopers.

:laughup:

[paken-24-7]

Mine took about 150 days. But thats only because of what I do in the Army. I even have to go on to stage three to buy a gun.

[MarkV]

I even have to go on to stage three to buy a gun.

What is this?

[Glockender]

But thats only because of what I do in the Army. I even have to go on to stage three to buy a gun.

:anyone:

[paken-24-7]

What is this?

Because I use explosives in the army I show up on the FBI's check list. And as for stage three they just ask more questions.

[xjer]

8 weeks.

[boulderado1965]

8 weeks.
wow! when did you apply?

I applied Jan. 13 along with my wife and brother. My brother received notice from OSBI to redo his prints Feb. 3. Anyone have any ideas how much longer we may be waiting?

[berettaman]

Fingerprint Tag! He's it! Seriously have him save the time and just go to OKC and have the OSBI do them on the spot.They are the pickiest ones of them all.(FBI could care less but the OSBI are sticklers)They wont let him out of there untill the set they have pass.It will save the headache of playing Fingerprint Tag.(And the letter will probably come within a week to come pick it up.)
I got mine in 23 days.I had some little girl down at the Tulsa County S.O. roll mine.I hope she's still working there cause she really knew her stuff.I dropped the packet off on Oct 2nd and got a letter on Oct 27th to come pick it up.The license is dated Oct. 25 so 23 days.

My Dad played tag with them 3 times(electronic prints) and he went there in person and withing a week the letter came.

[MarkV]

I got my letter saying that it was approved last Friday. I won't be able to pick it up untill Wednesday. Or maybe I can leave work for an hour or so tomarrow.

I will have waited just about 80 days.

[Glockender]

Taking the class this weekend, so once I turn it in...hopefully within a week or 2 after taking the class I will begin the waiting period

[CoryHawk]

Waiting Period begins...

DAY 1 ;)

Turned in the packet today.


See ya in a few months ;)

[crxman91]

Turned mine in Jan 3rd

[DReed]

76 days. Picked it up today.

[boulderado1965]

Congrats. I'm getting anxious.

[DReed]

Thanks. I understand completely. I had been checking the mail for days.

[Randall]

3 months

[Hoov]

I think mine took about 60 days. I have had mine several years. Paken247, out of professional curiosity, do you have to have a UPIN when you buy a gun?

[brennan]

What is a UPIN?

[Hoov]

Unique Personal Identification Number. If you have been denied before for "no apparent reason" or do true black ops, you probably have been issued an UPIN. I only know one person who has one and he cannot tell me everything he does.

[gdcooper]

Somewhere in the 60 to 90 day range is the norm for all I know of including my original. I have known of so many that got held up for Fingerprints it long ago lost it's humorus aspect. If you get them kicked back to you once forget the Sheriff go to the OSBI in the city and do it there. You will be sure they can't be rejected before you leave. If you are serious about the permit the lost time from work is not an issue. With the reject ratio that seems apparent how do we ever get usable prints from a crime scene where the person didn't co-operate and give them to the OSBI? Thank God renewal doesn't require anything but a new picture the applicaton and the money.

[mons meg]

Like gdcooper says, when your original prints get kicked...I mean if they get kicked.. ;) go straight to an OSBI office and let them do it. Mine was 110 days or so.

[DRC458]

Turned my stuff in January 18th ... still waiting.

[crxman91]

Turned mine in Jan 3rd

still waiting :nolike:

[CoryHawk]

46 days and still counting! Called to check to make sure the prints were good.. and they are.. so just the waiting game now :)

[crxman91]

got my letter saturday and will pick up my id monday. so that means sent it off January 3rd - April 3rd

[boulderado1965]

Jackpot! It finally came. Got the letter Saturday the 15. Submitted January 10. I am too excited to count how long its been. 92 maybe?

[lookabout1]

8 weeks,
but worth every day...

[MarkV]

I'm glad all of you are getting your letters.

[CoryHawk]

Day 69! Still waiting........

[DRC458]

My LETTER was in the mail Friday when I got home. It was dated 11 April, 2006, so that's 83 days from the time I was finger-printed and left all the stuff with the Sheriff's Office until they (OSBI) wrote the letter telling me I was qualified. HOWEVER, when I called the SO Monday morning, the gal that answered the phone never even hesitated, 'Oh, it's not here yet. Those permits are always four to five days behind the letter.' It's obvious she didn't know and didn't bother to check. So, why do I know people who got a call from their Sheriff's Office to come pick it up before they even got the letter from OSBI??? I didn't bother them today. I'm gonna' call the SO again tomorrow, and if they still don't have it, I'm calling the phone number the OSBI includes in their letter.

[NikatKimber]

Mine was 60 something, don't remember. two of the Pott county concealed carry class instructors i know of tell you in class to go directly to the osbi if they are rejected. By boss let me have half the day off to go, no notice!!! (he wanted me to get it!) If i remember right, it was just a couple weeks after the osbi did the prints.

[DRC458]

INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT!!!! .... I called the Sheriff's Office Monday, they said they didn't have it yet. I called the SO Wednesday, they said they didn't have it yet. They told me then that there was sometimes a ten day lag between me getting the letter and their receiving the permit ... the permits are mailed Certified so they have to sign for them ... sometimes there is a problem coordinating with the Post Office. I said, 'so, maybe I need to call OSBI' ... no response. SO, I called OSBI today. The County SIGNED for my permit the day BEFORE I even received the letter. The OSBI generally mails you the letter one day, and sends your permit to your local SO the next. So, my local Sheriff's Office has been sitting on it for a week, telling me they didn't have it! If you know anybody waiting on a CCW, tell them to call the OSBI toll free number listed on the letter they receive and inquire about it. I intend to call my SO again tomorrow and, if I am not told to come pick up my permit I am making two categories of phone calls ... one to the OSBI and the other to my state legislators ... Senators and Representatives. This IS a "SHALL ISSUE" state!

[MarkV]

Very interesting DRC458. Thanks for the update. I got my letter on a Friday, called the Sheriff's office and was told it would be mailed to them in a few days.

[DRC458]

Likely story. Call the OSBI. They send them Certified Mail so the SO has to sign for them. They can tell you if/when it was signed for. It appears that not enough people follow up on this through OSBI. Maybe this needs to be not only a "SHALL ISSUE" but a "SHALL NOTIFY" state as well. If the SO can sit on them as long as they want after they are issued, "SHALL ISSUE" means nothing. If this is a trend, we all need to notify our legislators.

[DRC458]

FINALLY GOT IT ... but it wasn't easy. Called the SO this morning and told them the OSBI told me somebody in their office had signed for it on April 13th. Went through a couple of people and the second one said, 'let me see if it's in his desk drawer.' She was gone for a minute or so, during which I heard a cheap metal desk drawer sliding, and she came back and said, 'yeah, it's here.' !!!!!!! Yeah, really, it's been there for over a week. Anyway, it's in my billfold now. I encourage any of you who get the letter from the OSBI, but don't get your permit post haste from the SO, to call OSBI and get confirmation and dates.

[ok_patriot]

The first time I applied it took them a month between mailing it in, and the Sheriff calling and saying come get your permit. I have a very unusaul last name. It didn't take very long to do the back ground check. that was in 94', all my renewals only took 1 month.

[MARINE]

I Got Mine In 62 Days.

[trade_sniper]

96 days, with no rejections or other problems. It actually arrived at the sheriffs office at 94 days.

[CoryHawk]

Tomorrow makes 90 days.. please pray for a fast arrival in the mailbox.. checking it everyday is starting to kill me...

"A watched pot never boils!"


Damn the man!

[trade_sniper]

Tomorrow makes 90 days.. please pray for a fast arrival in the mailbox.. checking it everyday is starting to kill me...

Have faith, if you didn't have any problems, like rejections of prints, it should be showing up any time. Mine took 94 days (to Sherriff's office), so hopefully before the end of the week or sometime next week. Have you called the Sherriff to see if they had any problems with the paperwork or prints?



"A watched pot never boils!"


Bull! I watched one boil tonight. Then I threw some rice in it! I have to say, it was just as much fun, just as enthralling, just as action-packed and suspenseful as watching grass grow or paint dry...well, maybe not as much as watching paint dry.

[CoryHawk]

Feb 10th to May 16th.. that's right.. got my letter.

Off to the County Jail..... Picking up.. not dropping off ;)

[trade_sniper]

Congrats Cory!

[trade_sniper]

This was just 6 days ago:
Have faith, if you didn't have any problems, like rejections of prints, it should be showing up any time. Mine took 94 days (to Sherriff's office), so hopefully before the end of the week or sometime next week. Have you called the Sherriff to see if they had any problems with the paperwork or prints?

See, I told ya! Just call me Cleo.

[j0sh]

82 days and counting...

just called today and she told me that my permit was just approved today and they would be sending it and the letter out in the next day or so :)

[elshadow001]

I waited about 12 weeks, but had a few problems to clearup.

Had to go to OSBI to get finger printed they wouldnt except the local sherrifs work.

How ever, I have my permit and I cherish it, I carry a Ruger P90 everywhere I go.

Now that the stand your ground law has passed I feel even more secure when the wife and I are out for dinner or whatever. :thumb:

[chicane]

The wait is now over. Some how I fooled the OSBI into thinking I am a fine upstanding citizen, and today I received "The Letter". A long hard wait, Days of rushing home just to be disapointed by a pile of bills in the mail box. Now, I don't even have to check the mail! :contract:

[j0sh]

lol, im the same way. the letter should be showing up any day now

[CoryHawk]

agreed.. I haven't checked the mail in weeks! :)


Congrats :)

[j0sh]

the wait is over! just picked it up :)

[rlongnt]

86 Days to get it in my hands.

[Hugh]

I'm just wondering whether I'll get mine in less than 90 days because I've been fingerprinted about a dozen times. Ahhh, I'm a teacher. :selfangel

[brennan]

Does matter might slow it down because you are already "flagged".

[shootemup]

My letter came today- April 21 to July 15; just under 90 days. Will pick up my license on Monday. Don't know if I am happy or sad- glad the wait is over, glad to be legal, tragedy that it is necessary....

[Soulrazer]

My wife and I received our letters today and we just got back from picking up our license. 76 days start to finish. Im glad to be an exception to the rule in this case.

[MarkV]

Glad to hear that Trae. Lets just say there are 2 more good people out there that will be carrying.

[360]

:nolike: Woe is me. Oh the agony. This is taking way too longggg :faint: . LOL and its only been 22 days!:rollingla
Which sucks cause I took the class back around the beginning of June. I called the OSBI to get my packet sent to me. Waited a 2 weeks and nothing. Called again, waited about 10 days, nothing. Called a third time to get my packet, and it arrived 2 days later! Jeeze this is taking forever. When your really excited about something its really hard to exercise patience. But I've never been in any trouble of any kind, my finger prints looked good when taken, so it will come. Patience, patience, patience.









Is it here yet?

[Nanotech9]

i emailed OSBI for my packet and it showed up a few days later.

[oldsoldier]

Still takes 45 days when I renew.

[TangoRomeo]

Gave my packet to the sheriff today. The wait begins.

[Reznor252]

Got my letter today. May 18th to Aug 1st. :contract:

[TNOkie]

I'm at 84 days and still counting.

[360]

56 days and counting..................

[MarkV]

Keep your chins up. Your time will come.

[Leadblooded]

Exactly 90 days, turned packet in May 15 letter arrived today what a B-day present! On my way to pick it up right now.

[TNOkie]

Turned my packet into the Sheriff's office on May 26, called OSBI last week to check on fingerprints because of the horror stories posted here. I was told that they received my packet on June 26. Creek County held my packet for almost a month before forwarding it to OKC. :censored:

Since there is nothing I can do but wait, I guess I'll have to . . . :faint:

[TNOkie]

95 days -- Got my letter today!

[360]

72 days and counting.........................

[skyydiver]

I waited the full 90 + a few. That was when the SDA was brand new though. Had to be 23 I think.

Oh, and 3

[copeje]

It will take about 2-3 months. I would inquire about it if over 90 days.

[copeje]

I just sent fo my Utah Non-resident license at the first of the month. Its expected arrival is 2 months.

[KYLE_B]

I'm at 87 days and still waiting. That's from the day I turned in paperwork to the sheriff. About 15 days later the OSBI processed my credit card so that would put me at 72 days. I've heard 90 days so hopefully it should arrive in a couple of weeks at the most.

[copeje]

I'm at 87 days and still waiting. That's from the day I turned in paperwork to the sheriff. About 15 days later the OSBI processed my credit card so that would put me at 72 days. I've heard 90 days so hopefully it should arrive in a couple of weeks at the most.

Why did you turn yours in to the Sherif's dept. My was mailed straight to the OSBI.

My Utah license was also mailed straight to the Utah BCI.

[KYLE_B]

Why did you turn yours in to the Sherif's dept. My was mailed straight to the OSBI.

My Utah license was also mailed straight to the Utah BCI.


I got fingerprinted and they kept it. I didn't know I had an option. I just assumed they did their check first and forwarded it on. That's why I used the credit card, I wanted to know when OSBI received it. It was Cleveland County if it makes any difference.

[copeje]

I got fingerprinted and they kept it. I didn't know I had an option. I just assumed they did their check first and forwarded it on. That's why I used the credit card, I wanted to know when OSBI received it. It was Cleveland County if it makes any difference.

Huh, I really don't know why. I just mailed mine straight to OSBI after getting the finger prints completed.

[YukonGlocker]

This is straight from my application instructions.

"New applicants, expired renewals(after one-year grace period) and ALL instructor applicants:
When your application is complete, take it along with your blank fingerprint cards to the Sheriff's Department in the county where you live........ If your application is approved the license will be mailed to your Sheriff's Department."

Everyone I know had to turn their packet into the Sheriff's Dept.

[360]

I keep checking the mail everyday like a fat kid likes cake. Bills, junk mail, more bills, junk mail. Coming very soon though the mail will pile up in the box I tell ya, PILE UP. Postman is gonna be pissed :thumb:

[360]

I keep checking the mail everyday like a fat kid likes cake. Bills, junk mail, more bills, junk mail. Coming very soon though the mail will pile up in the box I tell ya, PILE UP. Postman is gonna be pissed :rotflmao:

[KYLE_B]

The Sheriff's Dept. called this morning and said it was there. I'll pick it up tomorrow. So the final count was 95 days from dropping it off until I received a call. I think I'm going to pick up a g26 while I'm out.:thumb:

[MarkV]

The Sheriff's Dept. called this morning and said it was there. I'll pick it up tomorrow. So the final count was 95 days from dropping it off until I received a call. I think I'm going to pick up a g26 while I'm out.:thumb:


That's great.

My girlfriend has been having issues with hers. First her finger prints were screwed up and now something else is wrong and she has to go to the county jail tonight and fix it.

[KYLE_B]

I thought my prints were going be screwed up also. They had a young kid print me for his first time. His supervisor was watching but I still had them reprint a few. I asked about the new computerized scanner for finger prints and they said that was only for the criminals.

Best of luck to your girlfriend. Hopefully the rest of the process is smooth.

[cheach]

got mine today.95 days....never had to re fingerprint, or do anything else extra

[IDtheTarget]

Most of the delay has nothing to do with the OSBI, it's the check from the department of mental health.

[NikatKimber]

haha... i guess it takes a lot to convince them that because we like guns, we aren't necesarily fruitcakes about to go on mass killing sprees!

[cheach]

Most of the delay has nothing to do with the OSBI, it's the check from the department of mental health.
thats funny..because i uhh...umm...nm

[MarkV]

That's awesome cheach. Soon our little circle will be complete.

[360]

94 days = :D :yelclap: :woot: :thumb: :) :werd: :respect: :hyper: :wink2: :burnout:
already getting lectures on not checking the mail from the wife :selfangel