Actually, thanks for the info. My renewal comes up next month, but I haven't checked into the process yet - so this gives me a head start. I agree, that's a lot more than we should have to pay just to drape a shirt over it!
Something is not right if you have not yet received a letter in the mail with your assigned DOJ User ID. You will need to have yours or to generate one before you can use the On-Line renewal
https://concealedcarry.doj.wi.gov/ccwonline/steps/startGenerateNewCCWUID.html#!
Any chance you moved or something and didn't notify them? (If so...rectify that ASAP...)
I got my letter almost 4 months before my renewal was due.
Well, I appreciate your concern guys, but there's no problem - I did get the letter about a month ago (from both Wisconsin and Utah.) But after reading the thread about the problem with early renewal (
http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/showthread.php?133524-Something-to-consider-when-renewing-your-CCL) I'm waiting until the last week, or even
after my CCL expires, to renew it (I don't care if I need to OC exclusively for a couple weeks, if the license is delayed for some reason.)
I guess I was being too vague when I stated that I haven't checked into the process yet... what I meant was that I had opened the letters and skimmed them, saw that I could renew online, and pretty much stopped paying attention at that point. What I haven't done yet is read each letter in detail, visit the website, see what the renewal process entails, make sure credit cards are accepted*, that sort of thing... a higher
level of checking into the process!
My bad for being vague, but thanks for the advice anyway.
* I see now that they are. None of this process will be difficult, I'm sure, but at the time I skimmed those letters I had other things on my mind, and knew I wouldn't have to deal with this for a while.