The DPS application asks for employment for the past 5 years.
If there is a gap in employment how does dps treat this????
what if you retire???
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Re: Employment
Just put down the dates that you were unemployed and state that you were unemployed.
There is no requirement that you have a job or spotless work history, they just want to know what you were doing and where for the background checks.
There is no requirement that you have a job or spotless work history, they just want to know what you were doing and where for the background checks.
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Re: Employment
koolaid wrote:Just put down the dates that you were unemployed and state that you were unemployed.
There is no requirement that you have a job or spotless work history, they just want to know what you were doing and where for the background checks.
It would show if you moved to another county or state so the DPS could check your background with the local law enforcement agency.NRA Endowment Member
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Re: Employment
They have no problem with "student" so I think they have no problem with "retired" as long as you don't leave any gaps.
I believe the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the personal lives of strangers and those who do not.
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What if you are a retired student?Ameer wrote:They have no problem with "student" so I think they have no problem with "retired" as long as you don't leave any gaps.
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Re: Employment
Mind the gap.
I believe the basic political division in this country is not between liberals and conservatives but between those who believe that they should have a say in the personal lives of strangers and those who do not.
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Re: Employment
WildBill wrote:What if you are a retired student?Ameer wrote:They have no problem with "student" so I think they have no problem with "retired" as long as you don't leave any gaps.
With the current economy, we have a lot more of those than you might think.
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Re: Employment
That would be me, I try to learn something new everyday. From this forum; for instance, I'm learning how to be a constitutional scholar and professor of jurisprudence.03Lightningrocks wrote:WildBill wrote:What if you are a retired student?Ameer wrote:They have no problem with "student" so I think they have no problem with "retired" as long as you don't leave any gaps.
With the current economy, we have a lot more of those than you might think.
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Re: Employment
I haven't worked at all during the last 5 years. I stay at home with my little ones. I can't remember how I filled out the application...if I just put unemployed or homemaker or whatever. Anyway, there's no requirement that you be employed to obtain a CHL 
CHL class & application: 3/03/12
Fingerprints: 3/15/12
Packet mailed 3/15/12
Packed rec'd: 3/17/12
First update/under background review: 3/29/12
BG check complete/manuf. pending: 4/20/12
Manufacturing: 4/21/12
Mailed: 4/24/12
Plastic: 5/3/12!! 50 days mailbox to mailbox
Fingerprints: 3/15/12
Packet mailed 3/15/12
Packed rec'd: 3/17/12
First update/under background review: 3/29/12
BG check complete/manuf. pending: 4/20/12
Manufacturing: 4/21/12
Mailed: 4/24/12
Plastic: 5/3/12!! 50 days mailbox to mailbox
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Re: Employment
As a Sound Engineer/Stage Hand I have frequent stints of unemployment (although not lately 
), have gigs that run coast to coast and my employers address is rarely the same as where I am actually working. I listed my gaps as "Self Employed" which is technically the truth since I freelance. Didn't seem like there was any delay in processing my application. My wife always lists "homemaker" on anything that asks for employment history.
), have gigs that run coast to coast and my employers address is rarely the same as where I am actually working. I listed my gaps as "Self Employed" which is technically the truth since I freelance. Didn't seem like there was any delay in processing my application. My wife always lists "homemaker" on anything that asks for employment history."If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law." -Winston Churchill