You send your application/renewal in by mail. On the application it'll ask you, how you wish to be contacted...either by mail, phone or email address. Which ever you choose, they'll contact you with a date for your interview (approx. a month from when you dropped your application in the mail).The interview is done in Chelsea and should take an entire hour from the time you get there (be early). You check in at the desk with a drivers license/ID and sit and wait till you're called. Keep in mind there are others ahead of you too. You basically go up to the office, sit down, and the guy will ask you a few questions.......some which are on the application you filled out just to make sure it is accurate and some other questions just to break the ice. Prints and photo.....and your done.
Time for renewal? Do it all over again including your hard earned $100. for one year!
No big deal, nothing to sweat over. Get your application off the internet here somewhere and READ it well. After you fill it out be sure you go through the check list making sure you did not miss anything otherwise like I said it may be returned to you without your $.
Oh, and when it comes time for renewal again, make sure you send your application in at least 3 months time before your LTC expires!!! When your LTC expires it is indeed expired! DO NOT listen to anyone who tells you it is still good even though your application for renewal is in the mail, or you got a date for your interview. This will not fly with the officer who finds a weapon on you. What will fly is his cruiser with you in the back seat. Good luck!