For applicants who may be concerned about the “effective” date of their license or permit, please be assured that the effective date of your license will be the date your completed application was received by our office.

For example: If your completed application was received on 05/01/2018, but it takes five weeks for the license to be issued, the effective date of your license will be 05/01/2018, not the date it was issued. Therefore, it is critical that you have carefully followed the application instructions and have submitted a completed application packet that includes ALL required documentation. Applications that are received incomplete or have missing information will be marked as incomplete and processing will be delayed.