IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Please DO NOT use the Online License Renewal Service if you have already filed your renewal application by mail or in person.
• Submitting your renewal application online does not mean that your license is automatically renewed.
• Sightseeing Guide licenses expire on March 31, 2012. You may not operate as a Sightseeing Guide after March 31 unless you have received your new license. Operation without a current license is subject to penalties.
• To file your renewal application online, you must pay with a major credit card. You will be charged a non-refundable *Convenience Fee* in addition to the License Renewal Fee.
  

Six Easy Steps to File Your Sightseeing Guide
License Renewal Application Online:

Step 1:  Log on  

• Enter your CAMIS Number (located in your license renewal letter) and Individual License Number on the first screen of DCA’s Online License Renewal Service to get started. If you don't know your CAMIS number, please call 311 and ask for the service "Online Payment Assistance-DCA License Renewal." You will be transferred to DCA.

Step 2:  Confirm Your License Details and Contact Information  

• If your telephone number is different from the number in the License Details box, enter the correct telephone number in the “New Telephone No.” field.
• Enter your email address to receive confirmation that your online license renewal application was successfully submitted.
• If your home address is different from the address preprinted, select “No” and update your home address following the steps provided.
• If your mailing address is different from the address preprinted, select “No” and update your mailing address following the steps provided.

Step 3:  Enter Employer Information and Answer Background Questions

• Fill in the name, license number (if applicable), and address of your employer. If you are self-employed or unemployed, enter "self" or "unemployed," respectively, in the Employer Name field.
• Complete the background questions by checking the appropriate boxes.

Step 4:  Affirm Legal Requirements

• If you are the licensee, affirm the legal requirements and enter your First and Last names in the "Licensee" fields.
• If you are preparing the renewal application for the licensee, affirm the legal requirements, enter the licensee's First and Last names in the "Licensee" fields, and enter your First and Last names in the "Preparer" fields.  In addition, please specify your relationship to the licensee.

Step 5:  Submit Information and Enter Payment Details

• Please review all information for accuracy, then click the "Submit" button ONCE ONLY. You will be directed to the payment page.
• Enter your payment information and click the “Submit” button ONCE ONLY.

Step 6:  Print Confirmation Number and Itemized Receipt

• A confirmation number and itemized receipt will appear at the end of the process. Print a copy for your records.
• Once you have submitted your renewal application, you will receive a notification from DCA within 15 days. Please do NOT submit your license renewal application by mail or in person once you have successfully submitted your application online. Submitting duplicate applications will create delays in renewal of your license.

Finished reading the instructions?  Now you're ready to submit your renewal application.

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