LouWestin Posted November 6, 2020 at 05:34 PM Share Posted November 6, 2020 at 05:34 PM Good afternoon everyone, I applied for my FOID in June and it went active on Sept 22, 2020. But the actual license hasn't shown up in the mail yet. I know with COVID there could be delays, but I'm not sure at this point if I should be worried about it possibly being lost?Also, my wife had applied a week before I did and her request is still pending.Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbacs Posted November 6, 2020 at 05:43 PM Share Posted November 6, 2020 at 05:43 PM Most post have said to wait at least 30 daysThat’s what the ISL will say too if you ever get a hold of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouWestin Posted November 6, 2020 at 06:00 PM Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 at 06:00 PM Ok, thanks! I figured it was at least 30 days due to everything going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PezMar66 Posted November 6, 2020 at 06:03 PM Share Posted November 6, 2020 at 06:03 PM Ok, thanks! I figured it was at least 30 days due to everything going on. It all depends. Once they go "active" it's dependent on when they print and mail a large group together. They don't just print a single one and mail it, they print a large group, and then mail them. Throw in the mail-in ballots that have been a focus of the USPS, and it makes sense it has taken that long. A tip: You can go create a free account on USPS.com and then you can monitor your mail. They actually show pictures of it, and tell you what is coming, and what has been delivered. It's called Informed Delivery, and is under the "Quick Tools" menu. Gives you something to eagerly check every day or two to see. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouWestin Posted November 6, 2020 at 07:44 PM Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 at 07:44 PM My wife was joking that maybe it got thrown out along with all those ballots. LOL! I’m sure it’ll show up soon. I have to look at the USPS mail monitoring! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHJ Posted November 7, 2020 at 01:43 PM Share Posted November 7, 2020 at 01:43 PM I renewed my FOID in early July, with expiration for October. Then I moved to Indiana. Mailed my FOID and CCL back to the address listed on the ISP website. In my letter, I asked for a letter of confirmation once they received my FOID and CCL, never happened. Today, I went to the ISP site, and see that my new FOID has been “Issued”, and my CCL remains active. What a flipping joke. Now let’s see if the post office forwards my new FOID to my Indiana address. I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illinois_buckeye Posted November 7, 2020 at 01:59 PM Share Posted November 7, 2020 at 01:59 PM Interesting. I got mine in about 1.5-2 weeks a little before you applied. That is from time it went active to actually getting card. Might be worth calling to ask. When you call, call at like 8:28am, by the time you get to someone it should be 8:30 which is when they open. Last time I called, you selected options to tell them you were calling about your foid and that you didn’t have internet. There used to be an option to press 3 and you could talk to someone. They had removed the voice prompt for that, but the option in their auto attendant was still there like they forgot to remove that programming. If you look further up in this thread we talked about it at the time, a page or 2 back I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouWestin Posted November 7, 2020 at 04:08 PM Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 at 04:08 PM Ok, thanks! I figured it was at least 30 days due to everything going on. It all depends. Once they go "active" it's dependent on when they print and mail a large group together. They don't just print a single one and mail it, they print a large group, and then mail them. Throw in the mail-in ballots that have been a focus of the USPS, and it makes sense it has taken that long. A tip: You can go create a free account on USPS.com and then you can monitor your mail. They actually show pictures of it, and tell you what is coming, and what has been delivered. It's called Informed Delivery, and is under the "Quick Tools" menu. Gives you something to eagerly check every day or two to see. Haha. I just signed up for the Informed Delivery. Thanks! I'll see if anything comes today or Monday. If nothing then I can make a phone call early next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouWestin Posted January 21, 2021 at 12:41 AM Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 at 12:41 AM Quick update: My FOID had been posted dated September 23 and arrived at the house sometime after that, but one of the kids must've thrown the mail on wife's office desk and got buried under all the sewing stuff she has. I had kind of forgotten about it too, till today when the wife was cleaning out the office and found the mailing! LOLShe still has to call about her's since she applied about a week before me and her application is still pending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogs021 Posted January 27, 2021 at 06:13 AM Share Posted January 27, 2021 at 06:13 AM I was approved on 12/30/21. Still have not recurved my card and it's now 1/27/21. Should I keep waiting or should I call someone other than the fsb? I've called numerous times and I have a firearm I ordered on hold because I didn't think it would take this long to mail a card. Someone help me here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbacs Posted January 27, 2021 at 04:45 PM Share Posted January 27, 2021 at 04:45 PM I’ll go ahead and assume you meant to say you applied 12/30/2020 and not 2021 11 months in the future!If I’m correct then your app has only been less than 30 days and if you read a few of the posts here at IC you will see that many folks are experiencing app times of up to 6 months or more. A good app will make it in 90 days, but rare as a unicorn these days. Welcome to the Forums and good luckSit back and do some reading, it’s going to be a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterestedBystander Posted January 27, 2021 at 09:14 PM Share Posted January 27, 2021 at 09:14 PM I was approved on 12/30/21. Still have not recurved my card and it's now 1/27/21. Should I keep waiting or should I call someone other than the fsb? I've called numerous times and I have a firearm I ordered on hold because I didn't think it would take this long to mail a card. Someone help me hereApproved or Active? My understanding Active is printed, awaiting batching, bundling, USPS processing and should typically be within 30 days. A bit more patience given the current state of the USPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogs021 Posted January 27, 2021 at 09:54 PM Share Posted January 27, 2021 at 09:54 PM It's active. I just checked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcstoner Posted January 28, 2021 at 02:48 AM Share Posted January 28, 2021 at 02:48 AM My FOID went active on 12/30/20 and I haven't received it yet. My CCL went active on 01/13/21 and I received it on 01/21/21. Sounds like they are behind on sending FOID's as there are more of them than CCL's. Just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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