How Long Did Your HQL Approval Take?

Shamr0ck · Mar 2, 2020

Fingerprinted on 13 Feb
HQL applied for on 14 Feb
Approved on 27 Feb
Letter dated 28 Feb
Received on 2 Mar

14 days to approve + 4 days to get my permission slip in-hand

NB: new MSP superintendent’s name is already on their letterhead. Amazing how efficient the MSP can be....

minutestoburn · Mar 26, 2020

Applied 3/2/20 with Texas dnr. Received today in mail 3/26/20.

adit · Mar 26, 2020

minutestoburn said:
Applied 3/2/20 with Texas dnr. Received today in mail 3/26/20.

Wow, your rights were held hostage for ONLY 24 days. MD sucks, glad I left.

jpprock · Mar 26, 2020

minutestoburn said:
Applied 3/2/20 with Texas dnr. Received today in mail 3/26/20.

I applied on March 6th so maybe I only have a couple more days to go

GoPackGo · Mar 28, 2020

jpprock said:
I applied on March 6th so maybe I only have a couple more days to go

Applied 3/3, granted 3/23, still waiting on mail.

jpprock · Mar 28, 2020

GoPackGo said:
Applied 3/3, granted 3/23, still waiting on mail.

Got my approval yesterday the 27th so hopefully card will arrive next week

Kalinka63 · Apr 30, 2020

App submitted Sat, 4/11-approved 4/30

To add to the data points:

HQL Submitted Saturday, April 11
HQL Approved Thursday, April 30 (19 days)

I saw most of the categories saying ‘Completed’ this morning, and finally around 6pm have the HQL License number.

Will update when I receive the HQL, but hoping that if they normally send it out on Friday I will have it this weekend.

Also hoping that I can give the dealer the information and not have to go in and wait two hours to get into the store (I ordered the gun at Bass Pro and they have it now).

Thanks for the support, MD Shooters!

pablo1965 · Apr 30, 2020

Mine took a total of about 4 weeks.

blueharford · May 6, 2020

HQL Submitted Tuesday, April 28

No movement yet, i have got my BGC from CJIS two days after fingerprinting. Will update once i see movement.

HitEmThe1stTime · May 7, 2020

Fingerprinted on Apr 17th
HQL applied for on Apr 17th
Approved on May 5th
Letter dated
Received on

Will update when I get the letter.

I will say there was no movement on my account the whole time; I checked everyday. Then on the 5/6 I checked my status and it said Active.

Estirpe · May 8, 2020

HQL application submitted 4/20
Still no movement, will update when approved

Estirpe · May 8, 2020

Just checked and all completed but the following:

Livescan - incomplete
CJIS - incomplete
Secondary review complete - incomplete
DJS - not applicable
Alien/INS - not applicable
Medical marijuana - not applicable

The wait continues......

Kalinka63 · May 9, 2020

HQL Submitted Saturday, April 11
HQL Approved Thursday, April 30 (19 days)

Postmarked May 6, 2020
I got notice this morning that it should be arriving today, Saturday, May 9, 2020

Off to the dealer to start that paperwork!

Estirpe · May 9, 2020

Just received this email

Mr. Estirpe,

Your application has been administratively denied because*your*fingerprints*were not submitted/transmitted correctly.* Please contact your*fingerprint*provider and advise them your*fingerprints*are not showing in the*CJIS*database under the HQL*authorization*code. Please let me know when this is done, so I*can*check again.*

Thank you,

Is this a mistake I made when I came home and submitted or something the fingerprint agency did?

I'm pretty sure I triple checked before I submitted.
Confused..

Estirpe · May 9, 2020

For the record CJIS and Secondary review complete are marked completed on 5/9/20 but livescan still show incomplete

Batt816 · May 9, 2020

Call livescan and see if they have an explanation.

Kalinka63 · May 9, 2020

Did you receive a letter from Maryland State Police a few days after getting fingerprinted? If not that would confirm that the fingerprints weren’t properly submitted (I received my letter two days after getting fingerprinted). Contact the livescan vendor and ask them if they submitted properly.

Good luck, I know the frustration that such delays cause!

Estirpe said:
Just received this email

Mr. Estirpe,

Your application has been administratively denied because*your*fingerprints*were not submitted/transmitted correctly.* Please contact your*fingerprint*provider and advise them your*fingerprints*are not showing in the*CJIS*database under the HQL*authorization*code. Please let me know when this is done, so I*can*check again.*

Thank you,

Is this a mistake I made when I came home and submitted or something the fingerprint agency did?

I'm pretty sure I triple checked before I submitted.
Confused..

Estirpe · May 9, 2020

Kalinka63 said:
Did you receive a letter from Maryland State Police a few days after getting fingerprinted? If not that would confirm that the fingerprints weren’t properly submitted (I received my letter two days after getting fingerprinted). Contact the livescan vendor and ask them if they submitted properly.

Good luck, I know the frustration that such delays cause!

No, never received a letter.

Thia sh7t sucks, I bet the bad guys dont have to go thru all this to get locked and loaded, at this pace we will need a certificate stating you are a baseball player before carrying a bat in your car.

Kalinka63 · May 9, 2020

Estirpe said:
No, never received a letter.

Thia sh7t sucks, I bet the bad guys dont have to go thru all this to get locked and loaded, at this pace we will need a certificate stating you are a baseball player before carrying a bat in your car.

Give the Livescan vendor a call when they open (today?); the ones I have spoken with seem to be on the ball and responsive. Also a plus is that based on the text you pasted the state employee seems to have taken ownership of the issue and wants to be helpful.

Good analogy about the baseball bat!

Estirpe · May 9, 2020

Update:
Thanks guys for your advise.
Went by livescan agency and they resent it, the gentleman told me MSP do that all the time.
I replied to the officer's email and told him the livescan agency sent it again to CJIS, I also attached the HQL code from the receipt and the officer replied.

Thank you! HQL approved.
Now waiting on the card

Submitted 4/20/20
HQL Approval 5/9/20
Card received in the mail ?

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