[SFDXA] ARLB021 FCC Application Fees Unlikely to Go into Effect Until 2022

[WILLIAM MARX]

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> ARLB021 FCC Application Fees Unlikely to Go into Effect Until 2022
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> ZCZC AG21
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> ARRL Bulletin 21  ARLB021
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  August 17, 2021
> To all radio amateurs 
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> SB QST ARL ARLB021
> ARLB021 FCC Application Fees Unlikely to Go into Effect Until 2022
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> The schedule of FCC amateur radio application fees likely will not
> go into effect before 2022. FCC staff confirmed during a recent
> virtual meeting with Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs) that the
> agency is still working on the necessary changes to the Universal
> Licensing System (ULS) software and other processes and procedures
> that must be in place before it starts collecting fees from amateur
> applicants. Earlier this year, the FCC said it would not start
> collecting fees from amateur applicants before this Summer. The new
> estimate is that the fees won't go into effect until early next
> year.
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> Once it's effective, the $35 application fee will apply to new,
> modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), renewal, and
> vanity call sign applications. All fees will be per application.
> Administrative update applications, such as those to change a
> licensee's name, mailing, or email address, will be exempt from
> fees. ARRL VEC manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, said Volunteer Examiner
> (VE) teams will not face the burden of collecting the $35 fee.
> 
> "Once the FCC application fee takes effect, new and upgrade
> applicants will pay the exam session fee to the VE team as usual,
> but they'll pay the $35 application fee directly to the FCC using
> the FCC Pay Fees system," she explained. When the FCC receives the
> examination information from the VEC, it will email a link with
> payment instructions to each successful candidate who then will have
> 10 days from the date of the email to pay.
> 
> The FCC Pay Fees system can be accessed at,
> https://apps2.fcc.gov/Batch_Filer/login.cfm .
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> After the fee is paid and the FCC has processed an application,
> examinees will receive a second email from the FCC with a link to
> their official license. The link will be good for 30 days. Licensees
> also will be able to view, download, and print official license
> copies by logging into their FCC ULS account. The FCC no longer
> provides printed licenses.
> 
> Licensees can log into the ULS with their 10-digit FRN (FCC
> Registration Number) and password at any time to view and manage
> their license and application, print their license, and update
> anything in their FCC license record, including adding an email
> address.
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> FEE SCHEDULE:
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> INDIVIDUALS -
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> $35 FEE: New, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign
> change), renewal, and vanity call sign applications. All fees will
> be per application.
> 
> NO FEE: Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or
> email address, or license cancellation.
> 
> AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS -
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> $35 FEE: New, renewal, trustee change, and vanity call sign
> applications. All fees will be per application.
> 
> NO FEE: Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or
> email address, or license cancellation.
> NNNN
> /EX