Lscott Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 We have a new employee in my department at work. He is a Canadian citizen and commutes daily between Windsor Ontario and Detroit Michigan area but lives in Canada. At some point he wants to get his Canadian Ham license. I suggested for the moment he could get a US GMRS license. The Canadian "GMRS" service is more like our FRS service in the US, with frequencies, power limits and no license requirements. From my reading of the FCC rules so long as he's 18 years old or more, has a social security number and not a representative of a foreign government he can apply for and get a FCC GMRS license. Is my reading correct? If so is anyone here a non US citizen and obtained a GMRS license? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXP381 Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 I’m pretty sure that’s a no. But I could be wrong. As of 2021 you did have to be 18 and a citizen but may have changed. The application used to have a yes/no question asking about citizenship. You do for sure have to have a us mailing address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSEL489 Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 A Foreign National can get an FRN Number, FCC CORES account, and a GMRS License. They may not be a representative of their Government, and must be at least 18 years old. Lscott, dosw, AdmiralCochrane and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 44 minutes ago, Lscott said: We have a new employee in my department at work. He is a Canadian citizen and commutes daily between Windsor Ontario and Detroit Michigan area but lives in Canada. At some point he wants to get his Canadian Ham license. I suggested for the moment he could get a US GMRS license. The Canadian "GMRS" service is more like our FRS service in the US, with frequencies, power limits and no license requirements. From my reading of the FCC rules so long as he's 18 years old or more, has a social security number and not a representative of a foreign government he can apply for and get a FCC GMRS license. Is my reading correct? If so is anyone here a non US citizen and obtained a GMRS license? I believe your reasoning is correct. Unfortunately, when I tried to look up any Canadian GMRS licenses I was unable to do so because only USA addresses are supported by the license search utility. Raybestos and Lscott 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc9pke Posted Sunday at 05:41 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 05:41 AM 47 USC 310(a) establishes no foreign government or representative of such may hold any FCC license 47 USC 310(b) only says common carrier licensees are subject to foreign ownership restrictions GMRS is a non-common carrier service, so long as he isn't a governmental rep somewhere else he's fine holding a license, but ULS will not accept an international address - if he can't accept mail here but has someone willing to accept on his behalf stateside he can use that person's address SteveShannon and WRUU653 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gortex2 Posted Sunday at 10:59 AM Report Share Posted Sunday at 10:59 AM Just went over this on another radio forum and the answer was no. Raybestos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lscott Posted Sunday at 03:12 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 03:12 PM 4 hours ago, gortex2 said: Just went over this on another radio forum and the answer was no. What was the principal reason for the disqualification? dosw, WRUU653 and SteveShannon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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