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My name is Rick. I am a new member. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had a 4 year permit 3/24/09 - 3/24/13. I applied for my lifetime 1/2013. I contacted ISP and they said 8-10 weeks from the date your money order was cashed. 1/4/13. Here i am on 6/27/13 and still no permit. The ISP Officer I spoke with said if I was being denied my permit they would not of cashed my money order. The only trouble I have ever been in is when I was 18, I was arrested for Minor Consuming. Once again I did receive a 4 year, so I wouldnt think that would be of any issues. Can I still carry while I wait? Thanks in Advance.
 
First, welcome to TFL. Second, you have a License to Carry a Handgun, not a Concealed Weapons Permit. Semantics, maybe, but it does make a difference. I digress...

Just wondering, how do you know the money order was CASHED? I strongly doubt your MO was cahsed the day after you submitted your application for an LTCH. I have heard of people waiting quite a while for their LTCH's to come in. I don't see where you should have any issues with passing your background, since you did get your 4 year license. So my guesses are as follows:

1) Wrong address in their system, possibly due to a discrepency between your previous address on file and current, or error reading your application.

2) Someone with a similar name got in serious trouble, and they have to do a deeper background check to conclude it isn't you.

3) They're still working though a backlog, and your MO was cashed somewhere closer to March-April.
 
Jimmy,
Thanks for the quick reply. When I called ISP the first time and received an automated recording it stated waiting time was 8-10 weeks from the time your money order was cashed. So I called Money Gram and they stated it was cashed on 1/4/13. So after that i followed the recordings steps and emailed them with all the info needed. I received a auto reply saying it would be 14-16 weeks due to the high volume of applications. Next week will be 7 months. When I applied for my 4 year it took about 2 weeks to receive in the mail. Every where I have read up on this Indiana seems to be the slowest state. Once again thank you.
 
NWI,

You may want to join the Indiana Gun Owners forums, they have a long running thread on the waiting time for a license:

http://ingunowners.com/forums/carry_issues_and_self_defense/6875-current_ltch_wait.html

It seems like the current wait is similar to yours. As I recall, your old license along with the receipt from your renewal can act as a temporary license until you receive your renewal, but you should probably confirm the current rules regarding this.
 
Thanks LGF. It appears that IN is one of the slowest to send out your permits. Its been 7 months today they cashed my money order. They sure wasnt slow to do that huh. Once again thanks.
 
Finally

Received permit today 7/8. Sent 12/26/12 , M.O. cashed 1/4/13, Permit received 7/8/13. 7 months and 4 days from date of money order being cashed. Lifetime, never going thru this again.:D:):D:):D:)
 
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