Congratulations, you passed!

• If you do not have a current license, and you pass an exam (or exams) which gives you operating privileges, you have to wait until the FCC issues a license and their online callsign database reflects that. You may then start operating within the privileges you earned immediately. 
  
  
• The FCC doesn't automatically send paper licenses anymore as of February 2015. See http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-paperless-amateur-radio-license-policy-goes-into-effect-on-february-17
  
  
• We try to process all paperwork as soon as possible. The new licensees usually show up in the FCC database within about 2 weeks or so of the testing session.
  
  To see the latest FCC Daily Updates, go to http://forums.qrz.com/forumdisplay.php?87-Daily-FCC-Log. Or you can go directly to the FCC and look there: http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=cft&id=amateur&page=cft_check_status

• Those who earn an upgrade to their existing license can start using the higher privileges immediately while the paperwork is being processed, but then they must identify with a special temporary suffix added to their callsign, such as "stroke-AG" if you have just upgraded to the General class. See the FCC rules (here on the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/part-97-text) (or here on W5YI-VEC's website https://www.w5yi.org/page.php?id=57 ) for details.