How to Apply for a Texas Journeyman Electrician License by Mail

Tsai Electro is an independent learning site. Not affiliated with TDLR or PSI. Before paying or mailing anything, open the TDLR application page and form linked below. Confirm the current application fee, accepted payment method, mailing address, form revision and attachments for your route. The dated sources below have not been rechecked for later changes; if instructions differ, follow the current official instructions and resolve any uncertainty with TDLR before sending your packet.

Pick your route first

Step by step

1. Download form ELC-LIC-005 (rev Mar 2026) from TDLR.
2. Fill in your details. Legal name, date of birth, gender and Social Security number (required by Texas Family Code 231.302(c)(1)). Mailing address, where a PO box is allowed, and physical address, where it is not. Daytime phone. Email is optional, but giving it lets TDLR send you notices by email.
3. Answer the history questions. Criminal history yes or no, and disciplinary action history yes or no. If you have a conviction, a Criminal History Questionnaire is required, and that review takes 1 to 6 weeks. If you answer yes to disciplinary action history, attach a Disciplinary Action Questionnaire to the application. You can ask TDLR for a Criminal History Evaluation Letter before you apply.
4. Apprentice license. Mark whether you hold or have held a Texas apprentice license. Enter the license number if you answer yes.
5. Route and options. Choose Route A or B. Check the early exam option only if you attach at least 7,000 hours. Check the separate box if you are or have been enrolled in a Texas apprenticeship training program.
6. Attach the documents for your route. For Route A, include one Experience Verification Form or company-letterhead letter for each employer, completed and signed by the supervising master electrician. For Route B, include the Discontinued Municipal or Regional Licensing Program form and a copy of your municipal or regional journeyman license.
7. Military. Service members, veterans and spouses can attach the Military Supplemental Application.
8. Sign and date the statement of applicant.
9. Pay $30 by check or money order. Do not send cash.
10. Copy everything. Documents sent with the application are not returned, so keep a copy of the application, every attachment and your check or money order.
11. Mail it to TDLR, PO Box 12157, Austin, TX 78711-2157.

After you mail it

TDLR verifies the application and may contact the people who signed your forms. If you are approved, TDLR contacts PSI, and PSI emails you scheduling instructions, or sends a postcard by US mail if you gave no email. The PSI Candidate Information Bulletin updated September 15, 2026 lists US$78 for both portions of the Journeyman Electrician examination (PDF page 13, printed page 12). This exam fee is paid to PSI when you schedule and is separate from TDLR’s application fee. Check the current bulletin and PSI scheduling instructions before paying; a later fee has not been verified for this article.

You have 12 months from the filing date to meet all requirements, including passing the exam, or the application will be terminated. Make sure the name on your application matches your government ID, because PSI checks your ID against TDLR’s record on exam day.

Free template: one page application packet sheet you can copy

The checklist below ticks each attachment. This sheet records where you confirmed the form revision, the mailing instructions and the fee, and where your copy of the packet is kept. Copy it into a notes app, a spreadsheet or onto paper.

TEXAS JOURNEYMAN APPLICATION PACKET SHEET

FORM
Form number and revision printed on the form I am using:
Where I got it (TDLR page) and date:

MAILING
Mailing address as printed in the official instructions:
Page of the form or TDLR page where I read it:
Date I read it:

FEE
Fee amount as printed on the form I am using:
Page where I read it:
Payment type: check / money order
Check or money order number:

ROUTE
Route: A / A with early exam option / B
Hours attached:

ATTACHMENTS
Item | Needed for me? yes / no | Attached? yes / no
Verification form or letter for each employer |  |
Supervisor license copy or letter of verification |  |
Discontinued program form and license copy |  |
Criminal History Questionnaire |  |
Disciplinary Action Questionnaire |  |
Military Supplemental Application |  |
Statement of applicant signed and dated |  |

MY COPY
Copy of the whole packet kept? yes / no
Where I keep it:
Date I mailed the packet:
How I mailed it (and tracking number, if any):

Date I last checked the official TDLR pages:

• Copy the address and fee from the form you are mailing, not from this page.
• Write the page number next to each item so you can check it again quickly.
• Documents sent with the application are not returned, so copy everything before you seal the envelope.
• This sheet is for your own records. It does not submit or confirm your application. Check current rules on the official TDLR pages and fill in the date you checked.

Check your mail packet

Use the checklist below to review each required or conditional attachment against the official form. Marking an item is a private preparation step: it does not submit an application, confirm receipt or payment, verify supervised hours, grant permission to perform electrical work or issue a license. Buying study material or membership does not do those things either.

Applying is one step on the Texas journeyman route; the exam comes next. Compare ET Member, the paid plan with a step-by-step learning path for the Texas journeyman route.

Dated sources and a final check before mailing

Application-page copy: checked October 10, 2026. TDLR form ELC-LIC-005: rev Mar 2026, checked October 12, 2026; its application fee is US$30, non-refundable (PDF page 3), and its payment and mailing instructions are on PDF page 2. PSI bulletin 1682: updated September 15, 2026, checked October 10, 2026; its Journeyman fee is on PDF page 13. These dates identify the evidence used here, not a new confirmation that the fees, address or versions remain current.

• TDLR, Journeyman Electrician license
• TDLR Form ELC-LIC-005, Journeyman Electrician License Application
• TDLR Form ELC017, Electrician Experience Verification Form
• TDLR, Electrician exams
• PSI Candidate Information Bulletin, TDLR Electrician

One-page mail application checklist

Print this page and copy each value from the official document you will mail. The retained source check was October 12, 2026. Recheck before sending.

If any current official value differs from the retained value, follow the current TDLR instruction and resolve the mismatch before mailing. For the wider learning sequence, see membership options.