NH Non-Resident LTC Wait Time?

[dcostant]

Has anyone recently applied for a NH Non-Resident LTC? I sent in my application and check over two months ago. I haven't heard anything yet. Check hasn't been cashed and I haven't received a return letter either.

Anyone else experiencing this kind of latency? Is there anyone I can contact to confirm my application was received?

 

[Len-2A Training]

Contact NHSP licensing unit. Phone number is on website and might be on application form (unsure), check if you kept a copy of what you sent them.

 

[boiler_eng]

Yeah, there is a number you can call and leave a message, I think it was if nothing has happened in 6 weeks but I never got to the time that I felt like leaving a message. I did it back in Sept and got it in a little less than a month, I had actually missed a section of the form the first time I filled it out and they mailed it back to me with a post-it telling me to fill that section out and then send it back in. (I think I missed signing on one part or something, was pretty embarrassed I had screwed up but in MA they would have probably just denied the application taken my money and laughed it off)

 

[soloman02]

Legally speaking, they have two weeks (14 days). In practice, I've seen other members report that it takes about a month because the USPS is slow. So two months is definitely abnormal.

 

[HuntMaine]

Mine was just under a Month , much faster than Mass, but never as fast as Maine

 

[StevieP]

Ten days for me.

 

[Salyeica]

Mailed out my application on Friday. Hoping for a reasonable turnaround.

 

[jujutsuka]

Mine took 4 weeks and 4 days since the day I dropped it in the mail. Give a call.

 

[Parker Duofold]

I have to renew my non- resident NH permit soon. It expires the end of July and on the application I recall it saying that the renewal should be sent in no sooner than 30 days in advance.

Has anyone sent a renewal in before the 30 days and had a problem?

 

[dcostant]

Thanks all for the suggestions. I put a call into the NHSP and left a message. Hopefully they get back to me quickly.

 

[Racenet]

Legally speaking, they have two weeks (14 days). In practice, I've seen other members report that it takes about a month because the USPS is slow. So two months is definitely abnormal.

It's not the USPS that is being slow here.

 

[Len-2A Training]

It's not the USPS that is being slow here.

I agree. I regularly get 1st Class Mail from CA in 4-5 days, IL in ~3 days and major cities in NY in 1 day (2 being worst case), so 1-2 weeks from Concord NH to anywhere in New England that has paved roadways . . . someone is BS'g you.

 

[Racenet]

I agree. I regularly get 1st Class Mail from CA in 4-5 days, IL in ~3 days and major cities in NY in 1 day (2 being worst case), so 1-2 weeks from Concord NH to anywhere in New England that has paved roadways . . . someone is BS'g you.

I think what they do is, process the inbound applications and then simply throw them into an outbound mail bin. They sit there until there are X amount to do a large mail out. I've heard about licenses being issued and not being mailed out for weeks. But hey, they were issued within 14 days. Go figure.

 

[boiler_eng]

That is why Certified mail is so important for this kind of material. You would have a record that "Someone" received it, That would initiate the 14 day clock.

+1

Certified mail seems like a PITA untill you don't know whether something arrive or if someone is just leaving it to stew in a pile.

 

[Rick8325]

Initially took almost exactly 2 weeks. Sent in my renewal 3 weeks ago, nothing yet.

FOLLOW UP - Took a little over 3 weeks for renewal.

 

[dcmdon]

Did a new application 2 months ago since I let my old one lapse.

It took about 2 weeks.