Columbia received the report, I believe two weeks ago. I called the State and it was them that said they had sent the results via email. It was suggested to me, by my town, I go to Middletown as opposed to Colchester, because they had digital fingerprinting. When I got there, the fellow looked at my fingers and said he didn't think the digital would work. He tried, and it didn't so, I had them done with ink. In fact, he did it twice, and gave me the second card in case the first was rejected. It wasn't. I went to Middletown today for the 5 year permit. It took less than 10 minutes! Fill out a card, gave them my drivers license and birth certificate, a check for $70, they snapped a photo and done. In all, the process took so long solely due to the States background check (at least as best as I can figure). Good luck