USCG Licensing Update Miami Office

[Deep C]

My shoes have worn thin going to the mail box looking for my new license to arrive. I wrote several months ago about them running behind six weeks or more. I am referring to REC Miami. Each facility has a different time schedule. I tried last week to find status only to run into busy signals until their office closed.
This morning I made contact finally after several busy signals. After speaking with one clerk I was forwarded to an Inspector Conwell to discuss the delays. At this point REC Miami is running 14- 16 WEEKS TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS! This again is Miami. They are backlogged with 100,000 files there! He urges those going for renewal to take advantage of the full year period that they are permitted to do the process.

This is no joke. 14-16 weeks is the actual time its taking. Mine has been submitted since late August and they have not even gotten to the background check portion of the renewal process. So if you are Miami licensed please take note to excercise that right to renew early. According to the inspector the situation is becomming worse and 5 month delay can be expected shortly.

[JDLM]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm due in April.

[Deep C]

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