Both the Assignor/Licensee and Assignee/Transferee must be registered with the ULS prior to filing an application for assignment of authorization or transfer of control. (In a Transfer of Control, if the Transferor is a party separate from the Licensee, the Transferor's TIN need not be pre-registered.)  To register with the ULS, use the ULS Registration function to register your Taxpayer Identification Number and self-assigned password with the Universal Licensing System.

a.  The following applies to a pro forma (one-signature) transaction:

If you do not have existing incomplete or pending applications associated with your TIN, proceed to Step 3.

If you have existing incomplete applications, completed applications filed on the same day, or market-based applications with a purpose of New that are still within the filing window, an intermediate screen appears containing a list of these applications. A Select New Filing button is also provided on this screen.

Note: The ULS purges incomplete applications from the database if not completed within 30 days. Completed applications only appear on this screen on the day that they were submitted, with the exception of New applications in the auctionable services, which appear until the filing window is closed.

Click the Select New Filing button.

b.  The following applies to a non-pro forma (two-signature) transaction:

If you are the Assignor or Transferor of the transaction, perform the procedure listed under part a.

Otherwise, if you are the Assignee or Transferee of the transaction, you must obtain any application that the Assignor or Transferor has routed to you. To do this, click the Assignee/Transferee button at the bottom of the screen. This produces a screen that lists the routed applications. To work on an application, click its entry in the table. Skip to Step 4.

Click the down arrow at the end of the Purpose of Application field to access a menu of application purposes. Select Assignment of Authorization or Transfer of Control from the menu, then click the Continue button.

Note: The Assignments of Authorization and Transfers of Control online application takes a few minutes to open.

Basic guidelines for using the online filing form:

• The online application contains several pages, each represented by a tab at the top of the electronic form.

• To fill out the application, complete each page separately. After you complete a page, click the Next Page button at the bottom of the screen.

If you did not enter data into required fields, an error message appears identifying the missing data. Click Return to go back to the page and correct your information. The system does not allow you to proceed to the next page in the application until you correct all errors. However, you can Save your application and complete it at a later date, if necessary. Saved applications must be completed within 30 days.

• If the application is a request for a pro forma Assignment or Transfer, the applicant fills out the entire application. 

However, if the application is a request for a non-pro forma Assignment or Transfer, the application is a two-signature process. For details about conducting a non-pro forma transaction, refer to Completing an online application for a non-pro forma Assignment or Transfer, below.

• To view a completed page, use the Previous Page button to page back through completed pages of the application or click its tab at the top of the screen.

• The online application consists of data entry fields as well as "yes or no" questions. You must respond to all of the "yes or no" questions on the application. If you respond Yes to a question, you may be required to file an attachment explaining the specific circumstances.

• To file an attachment, click the Attachment button at the bottom of the screen and according to the guidelines provided in the Filing Attachments instructions. You are responsible for filing all required attachments. Failure to provide the necessary attachment(s) could result in a dismissal of your application.

• The Contact Information sections of the Assignor/Transferor and Assignee/Transferee pages are optional. Once an entry is present in any field in a Contact Information section, the system requires entry of the following: First Name and Last Name (if individual) or Entity Name (if business entity), P.O. Box and/or Address, City, State, Zip, and Phone No.

Completing an online application for a non-pro forma Assignment or Transfer:

If the application is a request for a non-pro forma Assignment of Authorization or Transfer of Control, the application is a two-signature process.  In this case, the originator (Assignor/Transferor) and the recipient (Assignee/Transferee) fill out their respective parts of the application and then route the application to the other party.  To route the application, you click either the Approve or Send Back button.  Note the following about these buttons:

• Clicking Approve indicates that you have finished your work on the application and it is ready for additional work or review by the other party.

The Assignor/Licensee clicks Approve initially, when the application needs information from the Assignee/Transferee.  The Assignor/Licensee also clicks Approve if they have modified the application after receiving it back from the Assignee/Transferee. The Assignee/Transferee clicks Approve when they believe the application is ready to be submitted by the Assignor/Licensee. 

• Clicking Send Back returns the application to the other party for further modification.

This ensures that the party who has sent back the application will have the opportunity to examine it at least once more before it is submitted to the FCC for processing.

Note that processing a non-pro forma application can involve from two routings (if both parties make their contributions, then click Approve) to many routings (if one or both parties makes many changes).  Each change made by either party requires that party to route the application back to the other party for approval.

The Submit button only appears on the screen of the Assignor/Licensee when Approve has been clicked by the Assignor/Licensee, then by the Assignee/Transferee, with neither party changing the application.

For a non-pro forma Assignment or Transfer, click the Approve or Send Back button to route the application to the other party,  When both parties have completed and approved the application, the Assignor/Transferor can click the Submit button.

If application fees are required for your application, the Confirmation screen also shows the payment type code and the fee amount. Refer to Submitting Application Fees for instructions on submitting the fees required for your application.

To print a copy of your completed application, click the Print Preview button and follow the Printing a Completed Application instructions. To file another application, click the Filing System Menu button. To return to the ULS Home Page, click the Home button.

Note: For a non-pro forma Assignment or Transfer, the Submit button only appears after both parties have completed and approved the application.