My coworker transferred her license from CA to current state. She used more
than 4 months. The current state gave her a temporary license which was only
good for 3-4 months. Then she had to stop working and kept calling CA board
. Finally she flew to CA board office and got it done. She told me the board
members who handle license transfer only meet once a week due to government
budget.
I know you have different application. But maybe same situation.