The Illinois State Police is announcing a significant decrease in the backlog of FOID cards that need to be processed.
Thanks to a lot of hard work and hiring more analysts, ISP Trooper Jason Wilson says they’ve managed to get the time it takes to renew a FOID card down to a little over a month.
“When we look at the November numbers in 2020 there were over 138,000 backlogged FOID renewal applications, and now as of today we are down to 7,800. That also includes all the applications that have come in throughout the year.”
Wilson says they understand how frustrating the wait has been for FOID cardholders and applicants but that this is a step in the right direction.
