(Updated
1-NOV-2020)
Exam Candidates: You are REQUIRED
to register in the FCC CORES system and receive a FCC Registration
Number (FRN) before exam day. (See #4 for registration
details)
1. One
legal photo ID (identification):
a. State
Driver’s License
b. Government
issued Passport
c. Military
or Law Enforcement Officer Photo ID card
d. Student
School Photo ID card
e. State
Photo ID card
2.
If no photo ID is available, two forms of identification:
a. Non-photo
State ID card (some states still have them)
b. Birth
certificate (must have the appropriate seal)
c. Social
security card
d. Employer's
wage statement or Minor's work permit
e. School
ID card
f. School
or Public Library card
g. Utility
bill, bank statement or other business correspondence that
specifically names the person; or a postmarked
envelope addressed
to the person at his or her current mailing address
as it appears on
the Form 605.
3.
Students/minors without a photo ID need to bring only one of the
above items if a legal guardian presents their photo ID;
otherwise
two non-photo IDs are required.
Minor
children (under the age of 18) may be accompanied in the
room
by an adult during the test.
4. Federal
Registration Number (FRN): VECs are required by the FCC
to submit your FRN with your license application form.
New license applicants should create an FCC user account
and
register their Social Security Number (SSN) in the FCC
Commission
Registration System (CORES)
before attending exam sessions.
Registrants will be assigned an FRN which will be used in
all license
transactions with the FCC. For instructions on
how to register your
SSN and receive an FRN from the FCC, visit
the FCC's
Registration
page and the FCC's
Registration instructions page.
5.
If applicable, bring either a photocopy of your current Amateur
Radio
license or a reference copy printed out from the
FCC website, the
license information printed from ARRL website or QRZ website,
or the original(s) and photocopy(s) of any Certificates
of Successful
Completion of Examination (CSCE) you may hold from
previous
exam sessions. If your license has already been issued by
FCC,
the CSCE showing license credit is not needed. The
photocopy(s)
will not be returned.
Instructions
on how to obtain an official FCC license copy are on
our Obtain
License Copy web
page.
6.
Two number two pencils with erasers and a pen.
7.
A calculator with the memory erased and formulas cleared is
allowed.
You may not bring any written notes or calculations into
the exam session.
Slide rules
and logarithmic tables are acceptable, as long as they're free
of
notes and formulas. Cell phone must be silenced or turned off during
the exam session and the phones' calculator function may
not be used.
In
addition, iPhones, iPads, Androids, smartphones, Blackberry devices
and all similar
electronic devices with a calculator capability, may NOT
be used.
8. Bring a check, a
money order or cash to cover the exam session fee of $15.00
Cash
or Check Only -
If at all possible, please bring exact change.
9. Be aware that some information about you
will be made publicly available
on the FCC's website: FCC
Licensee Privacy