As a Utah certified instructor, I have had quite a few students call me over the last 2 weeks saying that their apps are being rejected because they waited too long. Not sure why people are waiting until the last minute to file for their permit. I always tell them in class that they have one year from the class date to apply. Now with the change about having your home state permit (for some ppl.), more are getting kicked back for not including all of the paperwork. Some are sending military id's instead of DL's, etc

I'm sure that issue is causing a traffic jam, which in turn slows down the whole process for everyone else.