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It was Centre county. None of the bordering counties accepted out of state applicants or had an issue with my NY permit having restrictions at the time. Called all sheriffs based on distance and Centre was the closest that would take me. Was a bit of a drive, but I don't mind driving through some beautiful free country.

NY resident here. Received PA non-resident permit on the spot, 30 minutes in and out. NJ took 5 months...

That's ridiculous. They must have lost your application or something. I applied for non-resident permit at Totowa NJSP in mid August. Had the permit issued on the 19th as well, probably one of the same 20 ppl as your friend. Contact [email protected] - that's the head unit at NJSP superintendent office that oversees CCW permitting for the state. They should have received your application after Totowa cleared you and should be able to tell you the status.

Sorry for late reply guys, had too many things going on. Got my permit on the 19th. When the clerk called me to schedule a day to come in he sounded like it was just an appointment to pickup the permit, though it turned out to be a full blown hearing. There were about 20 people there, from what I gathered mostly NJ resident applicants. Judge was pretty cool, a ccw holder himself, gave us a 40 minute talk on the NJ and national gun laws. Each applicant was called one at a time and the judge asked routine questions such as whether all info in the application was correct, confirmed gun serial numbers, training location, etc. This was all done under oath. Few people had potentially disqualifying criminal history - there was a lady present who the judge referred to as the prosecution who presented any evidence against granting the permit to each individual. Seems like they did their homework - few people had driving related history such as license suspensions, driving without license, DUI. One guy had domestic violence related arrest or restraining order from couple decades back. Judge said those are old offences and aren't considered disqualifying factors for CCW permit. No mentions of social media or anything like that. Everyone present received their permits. Several people lived in different counties previously and the prosecutor didn't have mental health forms from those counties. The judge just asked those individuals under oath whether they were ever committed to a mental institution while living in those counties before granting them their permits. This was the last group of people that were being processed through the court according to the judge. All further applications are being handled by the PD or NJSP from start to finish. The permit is a folded heavy paper print with photo, signature and the guns qualified with listed on the back. Pretty underwhelming to be honest, though I'm happy it finally happened, I've been wanting to get a NJ CCW ever since I moved to NJ in 2008 and got my first handgun. I now have NY, NJ, PA, CT, FL ccw. The only one still outstanding is the NYC carry license, which the NYPD is dragging their feet with...

NY resident here. Applied to the NJSP @ Totowa (Passaic County) in August 2022. Got a call yesterday that the permit is ready for pickup. Scheduled to go to Court on the 19th of January to pick it up. Assuming everything goes to plan that would be around 5 months from the application date. NJSP took my application in person. They are extremely backed up with applications and are impossible to reach via phone. The single person handling CCW at the time I applied checked and responded to emails around once or twice a week. It took them 4 months to process the application before forwarding it to the superior court. The 60 or 90 day limit which according to the law they have to abide by is irrelevant - they don't care. I was told that the longest part of the process is getting a reply from my state's mental health authority. The NJSP has you fill out mental health history search consent form, they send it to your state and wait for reply confirming that you haven't been committed or anything like that. My state (NY) apparently takes its time to get back to them. I don't think any of my references got called. Also, I took the qualification from an NRA instructor in my state - at least at the time I didn't have to go to a NJ instructor. Things may have changed with the new law NJ passed in December. Hope this helps someone.