Barber License

Hi everyone! I moved to Chicago 2 years ago from another country. I have a foreign barber license. I applied to exchange my license to a state of Illinois barber license. It’s been over 10 weeks. They told me that is going to take 4-6 weeks. I need my license asap. I don’t know what to do now. Anyone has any ideas? Can I make this process quicker? Thank you.