I applied for it July 30th and they told my to come back in two weeks to pick it up. I look at the date of issue and it was Aug 7th, so it really only took them a week. You got to live this state, there was no finger prints or photos, just fill out this app and come back to pick up your lic. For $10 you don't get much of a lic, it's just a flimsy piece of paper, you people paying $100 of your none res permit at least get a nice plastic one. But o well I guess I will just have to live with it. Now I just need to find some money to buy my first non MA approved gun, there are just so many to chose from.