San Joaquin

[RANGER295]

90 day renewal. The only draw back was not being able to pick up until after existing expired by a couple of weeks. No appointments available.

I had the same situation. I submitted my last renewal on day 89 and could not pick up my new permit until around three weeks +/- after my permit expired

[slayer61]

It's been a while, but my initial application was right at 1 year start to finish.

[Murder]

Picked up this morning. No hassle just a laminated piece of paper.

Dude seriously... they're still using the laminated paper. I remember them telling me that they were just waiting on DOJ approval (or something like that) to use the machine that would produce the cards.

Is San Joaquin the only county still using pieces of laminated printer paper?

Will be renewing in a few months. I think it's just hilarious.

E: Also, how long are renewals taking for you guys?

[RANGER295]

Dude seriously... they're still using the laminated paper. I remember them telling me that they were just waiting on DOJ approval (or something like that) to use the machine that would produce the cards.

Is San Joaquin the only county still using pieces of laminated printer paper?

Will be renewing in a few months. I think it's just hilarious.

E: Also, how long are renewals taking for you guys?

A year ago when I renewed they told me they had the machine and were not putting our pictures on the laminated paper because they were going to be switching soon and to expect a call soon to come in and get the new card

This was about a year ago but the renewal was 110 days for me IIRC

[slayer61]

When I picked up 2 years ago, they actually handed me the "new" style credit card thing & then revoked it due to DOJ troubles with thumb print or somit. Renewal was right at 90 days, but delayed in picking up for 2 weeks due to rush of renewals. YMMV

[jim_65]

Just submitted new application. First available appointment date was June 20th. Thanks all for the wealth of information provided here

[CA_Yooper]

Hey guys - I've been in the bushes watching the activity here and I thought I'd share what worked for my initial application (app submission to approval in 3 months).

After you submit your application and have your Livescan appointment; make sure you login dailiy (or even multiple times a day) to your Permitium account and see if you can reschedule your Livescan to an earlier appointment. I did this daily and went from an original Livescan appointment of 4/6/22 and was able to eventually reschedule my Livescan to 11/23/21. I took the advice to do this from other Calgunners in this forum and it worked for me.

For me, things moved very quickly after the Firearms portion of the Livescan completed - I was interviewed/approved the following week. Posting my time line below to show how things went for me.

Application Submitted: 9/17/21
Livescan Appointment: 11/23/21 (Rescheduled from 4/6/22 to 3/30/22 to 3/23/22)
Livescan Results: 11/29/21 CA & FBI Complete, 12/17/21 Firearms Complete
Uploaded amended firearms list to Permitium: 12/15/21
Phone Interview: 12/21/21
Approval Phone Call/Text Message/Email: 12/22/21
Firearms Training: 12/22-23/21
Scheduled Pickup: 2/08/22

[jim_65]

This worked great for me, thank you! Appt moved up to February

Hey guys - I've been in the bushes watching the activity here and I thought I'd share what worked for my initial application (app submission to approval in 3 months).

After you submit your application and have your Livescan appointment; make sure you login dailiy (or even multiple times a day) to your Permitium account and see if you can reschedule your Livescan to an earlier appointment. I did this daily and went from an original Livescan appointment of 4/6/22 and was able to eventually reschedule my Livescan to 11/23/21. I took the advice to do this from other Calgunners in this forum and it worked for me.

For me, things moved very quickly after the Firearms portion of the Livescan completed - I was interviewed/approved the following week. Posting my time line below to show how things went for me.

Application Submitted: 9/17/21
Livescan Appointment: 11/23/21 (Rescheduled from 4/6/22 to 3/30/22 to 3/23/22)
Livescan Results: 11/29/21 CA & FBI Complete, 12/17/21 Firearms Complete
Uploaded amended firearms list to Permitium: 12/15/21
Phone Interview: 12/21/21
Approval Phone Call/Text Message/Email: 12/22/21
Firearms Training: 12/22-23/21
Scheduled Pickup: 2/08/22

[Zamora209]

and I'm still waiting. Over a year now. Any thoughts on what the hold up could be? I've called and all they tell me is that they're awaiting final approval from the Sheriff.

[slayer61]

My original application was a year. Almost to the day. Good luck

[Garzanamos]

Hey guys - I've been in the bushes watching the activity here and I thought I'd share what worked for my initial application (app submission to approval in 3 months).

After you submit your application and have your Livescan appointment; make sure you login dailiy (or even multiple times a day) to your Permitium account and see if you can reschedule your Livescan to an earlier appointment. I did this daily and went from an original Livescan appointment of 4/6/22 and was able to eventually reschedule my Livescan to 11/23/21. I took the advice to do this from other Calgunners in this forum and it worked for me.

For me, things moved very quickly after the Firearms portion of the Livescan completed - I was interviewed/approved the following week. Posting my time line below to show how things went for me.

Application Submitted: 9/17/21
Livescan Appointment: 11/23/21 (Rescheduled from 4/6/22 to 3/30/22 to 3/23/22)
Livescan Results: 11/29/21 CA & FBI Complete, 12/17/21 Firearms Complete
Uploaded amended firearms list to Permitium: 12/15/21
Phone Interview: 12/21/21
Approval Phone Call/Text Message/Email: 12/22/21
Firearms Training: 12/22-23/21
Scheduled Pickup: 2/08/22

Seriously, I put my application in 1st of August and the first appointment available then wasn't until end of February Also, do you have to cancel your existing appointment to try to get an earlier one?

[CA_Yooper]

Seriously, I put my application in 1st of August and the first appointment available then wasn't until end of February Also, do you have to cancel your existing appointment to try to get an earlier one?

You don't need to cancel your current appointment when you reschedule as your new appointment will replace your former appointment when you confirm the reschedule.

I would login multiple times daily and check to see if an earlier appointment opens up and take whatever is sooner than your current appointment. You can keep doing the same thing daily and keep leapfrogging to earlier appointments as you see them available.

I did this for my pickup which was originally scheduled for 2/8/22 and I was able to reschedule for a pickup of last week, 1/6/22.

[doc66]

Renewal in 5 weeks!

Just wanted to report out- SJ Sheriff Office getting the work done. Thank you.

Hope this helps for some. Keep the faith!

Expiration Date: 03/01/2022

Online application submitted: 12/01/2021
4 hour recert class completed: 12/09/2021
Email and phone text approval message: 01/04/2022
Pickup date: 01/07/2022

[jeromeAndrew]

Hi everyone! I am moving into this county - can anyone please share their timeline of their CCW journey please? Thanks!

[slayer61]

Did you see the post directly above yours?