Well everybody got me wondering about the "check cashing" date. So I called bank and got the info. I mailed mine in on 03/02 and the check was cashed on 03/06. Four days from mailing until they cashed. I would say that is reasonable. Mine is a renewal and I applied for lifetime. Also have been in same house/address for the past 20 years. Shouldn't be too awful long now.
Your comment about living in the same place for 20 years made me think. I lived in Michigan for 2 years. If they have to wait on Michigan for a background check, I may not get my LTCH till Christmas
I used to work in Employment Verifications, and Michigan was notoriously slow in responding to background checks.