URGENT: BLS systems move from DOL to DOR update!

The BLS licensing system (HOST) will be operational on Friday, May 18 until 5:00 p.m.

The BLS internet services will be down beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 18 and will be back up on Monday, May 21.

What’s happening?

Beginning the morning of May 18, we will be transferring the following online applications from DOL to the DOR’s Business Licensing Service (BLS):

•   Business License Application (IBLA)
•   Business License Renewal (SOLAR)
•   Corporation and LLC Renewal (ICRNL)

What is the impact?

We will bring the internet applications down at 8 a.m. Friday, May 18. Normal operations will be back on Monday, May 21.  Customers won’t be able to start a new application or renewal, or access saved work during the transfer.

If you talk to some who is working on their business application or renewal…

Encourage them to finish and submit before May 18.  Customers must finish partially completed applications and renewals before the transfer, or they will lose their data and will have to start over.

URLs will change – Effective Monday, May 21, 2012

Once the online applications have been moved over to BLS, the URLs will change. If you have bookmarks to the online applications, you’ll need to update them. Please make customers aware of these changes too.

 

Online System	New URL
Business License Application	https://fortress.wa.gov/dor/bls/IMBA
Business License Renewal	https://fortress.wa.gov/dor/bls/SOLAR
Corporation or LLC Renewal	https://fortress.wa.gov/dor/bls/CRNL