Unfortunately, DMV timeline for rejections is much faster than their timelines of actually successfully processing your request...
Check written and application mailed on 10/18/21, the same day my Tesla was delivered to my driveway. I wrote my temp plates on the app trying to save time. That did not work!
Check and application returned sometime in November for "pending transaction on file." Of course the pending transaction was me having to wait for my permanent plates. I kept the returned app until my plates arrives. DMV was nice enough to include a pre-addressed envelope for me to resubmit (it's the least that they could do).
Plates arrived a few weeks later, I write the permanent plate number on app and mail it back with the same check on the same day.
Then my specialized plates come in December, I knew this when submitting my app but didn't want to wait for the specialized plates before submitting. Check was finally cashed on 12/22/21. DMV wrote my personalized plates on the back of the endorsement of the check. Now I'm in panic mode hoping they do not mail me 2021 stickers on 12/31/21 lol.
The yellow 2022 stickers arrived in the mail today on 1/7/22. Already went online and updated my FastTrak info and hope that it comes this week in the mail.
Moral of the story...DMV is an outdated mismanaged dinosaur and I have not written a check in years. They need to do better