If paying a fee for an application filed by a VEC organization, please use the CORES Payer FRN System ( easier to use) or CORES FRN Registration system ( CORES - Login ).
The FCC staff has suggested that applicants for vanity call signs should first ensure the call signs requested are available and eligible for their operator class and area, and then request as many call signs as the form allows to maximize their chances of receiving a call sign. However, returned applications that are missing information will not require an additional fee, if the missing information is submitted to the FCC within the proper amount of time. This includes vanity requests where the applicant does not receive the requested call sign. CSCE credit will continue to be valid for 365 days, starting from the date of issuance.Īdditionally, the FCC stated that the fee for applications processed and dismissed will not be refundable. The FCC rule pertaining to CSCEs will not change. Our new ARRL VEC CSCEs also include information about the application fee and points candidates to the webpage. VE teams can point candidates to our FCC Application Fee webpage.
The new license candidates have an extra step before the license is issued. Again, our VEC procedures have not changed. Per usual procedures, examinees that pass multiple exams at one session, will have one application transmitted to the FCC reflecting the highest level license class earned. Contact the VEC listed on your CSCE to have the application refiled to the FCC. An application can be refiled to the FCC, by the coordinating VEC, at any time before the CSCE expires. The application will have to be refiled to the FCC which will restart the 10-day window.Įxam candidates do not have to retest if the 10-day payment window is missed. If an applicant fails to pay within the 10-day window, the application will be dismissed by the FCC. 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 or, in very rare instances, an explanation for why the application was dismissed or denied. The candidate will have 10 calendar days, from the date of the application file number being issued, to pay. When the FCC receives the examination information from the VEC, it will email a link with payment instructions to each qualifying candidate. New applicants will pay the $15 exam session fee to the ARRL VE team as usual, and pay the $35 application fee directly to the FCC by using the CORES Payer FRN System ( easier to use but will only be available temporarily) or the CORES FRN Registration system ( CORES - Login ). VEC and VE team licensing procedures are unchanged. VECs and Volunteer Examiner (VE) teams do not have to collect the $35 fee at exam sessions.
The fee will be per application.Īdministrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address, and modification applications to upgrade an amateur radio licensee’s operator class or to request a sequentially issued call sign, are exempt from fees. The $35 application fee applies to new, renewal, rule waiver, and modification applications that request a new vanity call sign. The Federal Communications Commission's authority to impose and collect fees is mandated by Congress. The FCC released a Public Notice on March 23, 2022, stating that the amateur radio application fees, including those associated with Form 605 application filings, are effective April 19, 2022.
FCC $35 Amateur Application Fees Effective April 19, 2022