My PA permit took 3 weeks!
3 weeks?Every PA permit we've obtained -- my initial permit in 2005, the renewal in 2010, and my wife's new permit in 2010 -- took one week, including mail both ways to and from Centre County. My first permit was mailed on Monday and arrived on Friday.
Of course, those days are gone now: no PA permits by mail. But, still,
3 weeks? Ouch...