It appears at least one person is reporting receiving their Assault Weapon Certificate approval by email. See this reddit post. They indicate they submitted last September.

Edit to add: Supposedly the email the person on reddit received:

Interesting. I hand delivered some AW apps to Deirdre directly at DESPP. Shes incredibly nice and very helpful. I asked her about timeline for getting these back and she said to check in end of June to see how things were progressing. While i dont agree with any of this, im glad that people are starting to get them back.

How were you able to hand deliver to Deirdre? The Trooper at the front was reviewing, copying and time stamping copies.

Ive emailed her many times about different things over the last few years. The portal for registration wasnt working right for me, so i emailed her about it, made an appointment and dropped everything off to her - i went through each one with her and then, like you said, the trooper at the front entry put their badge number and time stamp on each one.

Has anyone received a magazine declaration receipt/confirmation?

Went to check the status of my application and there was no icon for AW’s. Anyone else notice this or have it happen?

Yes, lots of people complained about it missing on the CTGuns subreddit. SLFU apparently removed the AW icon from the online portal on May 1st.

So I’ve been away from the forum for a while and haven’t been paying attention to the news, what’s all this new AW BS going on??

Seriously? You missed the boat if you have an "other" or "preban" that is now an Assault Weapon. The cutoff date for 2023 Assault Weapon registration was May 1, 2024.

Recent post in this same subforum on the changes: CT 2023 Assault Registration Form and Portal Now Available

Open carry is banned
Others and prebans are now AW's
Preban statute repealed meaning prebans are no longer a thing in CT
All guns are supposed to be locked up at home unless on your person or under your immediate control
Body armor now requires one of the firearm permits or certificates in order to buy face to face within CT
A very short period (expired on Jan 1, 2024) to register undeclared large capacity magazines (SLFU never publicly announced this declaration period and never public posted the declaration form)
And a bunch of other unconstitutional bullshit.

You can start your belated education with the following links to updated statues that are now in effect:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/sup/chap_950.htm
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/sup/chap_529.htm
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/sup/chap_943.htm

And see the two bills, one of which runs over 100 pages, that were passed that updated those firearm statutes:
Summary for Public Act No. 23-53: https://cga.ct.gov/2023/SUM/PDF/2023SUM00053-R02HB-06667-SUM.PDF
HB 6667/PA 23-53 Bill page: https://cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2023&bill_num=HB-6667

Summary for Public Act No. 23-203: https://cga.ct.gov/2023/SUM/PDF/2023SUM00203-R01HB-06895-SUM.PDF
HB 6895/PA 23-203 page: https://cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2023&bill_num=HB-6895

just read article that says 50,000 guns registered before deadline......now they know

Oh ok, I thought it was something new as in this year, I knew about the registration period for “others” but I was unaware it applied to prebans.

I was also unaware of the “undeclared” magazines and home storage requirements. Wtf is this bullshit?

A lot of people I know have prebans and they were unaware that it applied to them.

What article? Back in 2014 there were articles saying 50k registered AW's. Example 2014 article:
https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2014/01/17/police_register_about_50000_assault_rifles/

PS. The estimate back in 2014 was less than 25% registered.

its on ct capital report 2024...short one

Got ti. Its a Rep-am.com article behind a registration/pay wall.
https://www.rep-am.com/localnews/2024/05/26/firearms-registered-under-expanded-connecticut-semi-automatic-weapons-ban-by-deadline/

Well all of these laws should make our streets safer and that's it for crime

As the temperature begins to rise so will the body count ! 🤦

Don’t forget federal handlers working the mentally ill/gender community

So how do I go about checking my status then? Just wait on them to tell me?

Generally, yes you would just wait for the email notification if you filed online, or the mailing with the certificate if you filed by mail.

The wait is normal. People waited 2 to 3 months last time around in 2014 before approvals started being received. Then like now, once people start getting approvals they'll be posting to various CT gun centric discussion forums like here, or on the ctguns subreddit.

If one is impatient or cannot wait, they can try contacting SLFU, who claims for AW registration questions that email is the best contact method: [email protected], and see if SLFU will provide any sort of a response.