How to obtain your Official Authorization in ULS

Please Note: Per Public Notice FCC 20-126, the FCC no longer mails license authorizations. You are required to provide a valid email address on your application. A link to download an official copy of your license will automatically be e-mailed to the address provided, when your application is granted.  Licensees may also print their license authorization once their renewal is granted, by logging into ULS.  Please see our article, How to obtain your Official Authorization in ULS.

• Go to https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/licManager/login.jsp and log in with your FCC Registration Number (FRN) and password or User Account Password.

Click the "Begin the renewal process" link in the center of the page or click Renew Licenses under the My Licenses link on the navigation menu on the left. 

On the Select Updates page, check the Licensee Name and Address checkbox only if changes to the name, mailing address, phone, fax or email address are necessary. Then, click the Continue button. 

• On the Applicant Questions page, leave the fee exemption questions answers set to "No" and click the Continue button.
   

• On the Licensee Information page, enter any updates to your name, mailing address, phone, fax or email address and click the Continue button.
   

• Applicants are required to answer the Basic Qualifications Felony Convictions Question. If this question has been previously answered it will be pre-filled.  If the answer to Felony Question is "Y," attach as an exhibit explaining the circumstances and a statement giving the reasons why the applicant believes that grant of the application would be in the public interest notwithstanding the actual or alleged misconduct.  The exhibit is a document you prepare there is no special form.  Please also include the address of the court, the sentence imposed, and if the sentence has been satisfied. 

 The “Yes” response will be publicly viewable in the Commission’s Universal Licensing System (ULS), but the applicant may request that the exhibit be treated as confidential.[1]  In order to seek confidential treatment, the applicant must include a separate request that the material not be made available for public inspection.  The request must contain a statement of the reasons for the request and must identify the portion(s) of the exhibit for which confidential treatment is requested.  It is not sufficient to simply mark a document as “Confidential.”  If the applicant does not request confidential treatment, the exhibit will be publicly viewable in ULS.  [1] See 47 CFR § 0.459.

• Click Continue, to navigate through the application.
  
  

• On the Summary page, review any updates that you made and click the Continue to Certify button.
   

• On the Certification page, sign your application by typing your name in the boxes provided as it appears on your license. (The Title box is optional)
   

• Click the Submit Application button.
  
  

•  ULS will calculate the fees due. Click the “Continue to CORES for Payment Completion” button. 

Payment Process – Individual Filers

Accessing CORES

Log into CORES at https://apps.fcc.gov/cores with your FCC Username and password.

The CORES main menu displays after users login with Username and Password, select “Manage Existing FRNs | FRN Financial | Bills and Fees” 

Select, “FRN Financial”  

On the FRN Financial Dashboard, Click “View/Make Payments” 

*Note: If you have multiple FRN’s associated to your Username, they will all be listed here.

From FRN Financial, select the “Awaiting Payment Completion” tab. To continue, click “Make Payment” 

Once you select “Make Payment”, you’ll be taken to Payment Summary Screen. You will be given 3 options to make payment on the File Number(s) selected:

• ACH (electronic debit) from a checking or savings account

• Pay by Credit or Debit Card

• Wire Transfer

Select the “Payer FRN” from the drop down box, and click “Continue” under the payment option you choose. Complete the payment.

Viewing Payment History

Users with permissions to view financial information may also view the Payment History by selecting the “Payment History” tab from the FRN Financial screen. NOTE: by default, the payment history tab will show 6 months of data. Use the REFINE SEARCH button to change the filter and see payments within a different time range.

If you have any further questions or need additional information, please submit a help request at https://www.fcc.gov/wtbhelp or call the FCC Licensing Support Center at (877) 480-3201, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST, M - F.