California letter - lingdoc

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Thanks for your comments, yodedo!

I just heard one girl had to redo the L5 form since her school was writing the clerkship time in "weeks" instead of "hours".

I will keep my fingers crossed. Hope this won't be a problem.

[ArchivalUser]

hi doyoudig,
how do we know who is our specialist for the application

emily2009 : i sent my L5 with weeks i guess. now i am worried that i might have to do it again. as it is really hard to get this work done. r u sure about the case of your friend?

Thanks

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I have posted a lot on PTAL (California letter) here on this forum. But one thing I didn't mention on any of my post, and I should have, that processing of PTAL, including the time it takes, the receipt u get or don't get, status letter, weeks vs. hours, all these depend on the specialist assigned to your case.
As soon u mail the application to CA-MED-board, after they cash you check, they assign you a specialist. The specialist is assigned based on first letter or your last name.

If the specialist is good, then u will first a receipt that they received application (it is usually a card). then pprox. 95-105 days later u will get s status letter, if anything is missing. then within 4 months u will get your PTAL. Also a good specialist won't object to hours vs weeks.

If u get a bad specialist then of course any thing and everything possible can go wrong.

here are some of the specialist at CA-med boards (based on your last names):
** this is 2 year old, so some of them may have left, or some new names may have been added:
[C-E] A. Knight
[J-K] P. Egeston
[N-O] T. Barrientos
[A-B] J. Willey
[H-I] N. Jurisich
[W-Z] M. Wilson
[P-R] L. Sterba
[S-T] S. Smith
[U-V] D. Thompson
[F-G] C. Barrozo
[L-M] B. McBride

[ArchivalUser]

hi yodedo,
thank you for your response.

how do we contact our specialist? is it through the no. mentioned in the reciept card below the consumer information unit phone numbers? or is there another way to know their phone number.
Thanks

[ArchivalUser]

No direct # to contact them. Call the main # at 916-263-2382

[ArchivalUser]

lingdoc, the case of my friend was true, though we are not close...

hope our specialists are good.

um...

[ArchivalUser]

Thank you yodedo.
thanks emily, as you said, we hope for the best...

[ArchivalUser]

so for eras what do we upload to show that we have applied for the letter, do we send in the card we recieved that says we have applied for the letter?