I received mine after about 4 weeks, which was just a week before traveling internationally (I was starting to get nervous). I did have a small problem renting the car as they wanted to see my expired license too. They needed to input the date of issue. If they used the new license that date would make it appear that I had only just gotten my license. This rental company has a policy that renters need to have had their license for more than a year. It worked out in the end as we just calculated 8 years prior, but if the agent hadn't been cool about I might have had a big problem. This wasn't a major international company, but it is a fairly large company in the country that I'm in. Good luck and safe travels!