So it seems that more than a few of us have applied to California for a license either by exam or endorsement. Let's share our 2016 processing experiences here:
1) Are you applying for license-by-exam/endorsement?
2) Date application was filed?
3) Number of weeks since you applied?
4) Electronic/paper?
5) For those who are applying for license-by-exam: school you graduated from California/other in the US
6) Your home state of residency: California/other US state
7) Hiccups with the BRN you've experienced?
8) Remedies you've tried to get your application processed
9) Do you have a job/contract with a deadline that you need this license for?
Me:
1) License-by-exam
2) April 13
3) 15 weeks
4) Electronic
5) Graduated from non-Cali school
6) Non-Cali resident
7) I was told that the documents I uploaded to BreEZe weren't there, the paper copies of the same documents that I had sent in the mail were not received (I have a USPS delivery confirmation saying they were), fingerprint hard card was lost, was told application fee wasn't paid (was paid with BreEZe application on 4/13), passport photo wasn't on file (was submitted X 3)...oh, and when I received confirmation of the documents I sent via email, the supervisor told me my application date is not April 13 (even though BreEZe says it is)
8) Numerous phone calls to BRN; extra trip to California for LiveScan; letter to a Senator, letter to the Governor, complaint to the Consumer Affairs Dept (crickets from all three)
9) I have a contract with an ever-nearing, fixed start date