United States - Get Business and Professional Classification Survey

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Procedure

Apply Online:

1. To Get Business and Professional Classification Survey, the applicant has to approach the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Division link
2. To start this procedure, the applicant has to create an account in Census Bureau by using this following link
3. If the applicant has already created a Census Account, click the “Sign in” button.
4. If the applicant is new user to access the survey the applicant has to click the “Register” button.
5. Enter all details to complete the registration process and click the “FINISH” button.
6. After completing go back to the sign in page and enter the user ID, password and click the “Sign in” button.
7. The applicant has to link the account to the survey by an authentication code which is sent from the Census Bureau.
8. Once the applicant has this code, click on the “Add Authentication Code” button under “My Surveys.” Enter and submit your unique 12-digit code.
9. After submitting the authentication code, a survey card will appear under “My Surveys.”
10. In survey card, the applicant has to enter the necessary details.

    Note: For completing this survey by assistance, the applicant can send a SMS or call to the customer helpline number at 1-844-303-7713, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

11. The Census Bureau will mail separate, unique authentication codes for each different surveys. Each code can be entered and a separate survey card will appear under “My Surveys.”
12. All the survey reports will check and follow-up by the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Division. The fee for this procedure is free of cost.
13. The processing time for completing the survey report is within 3 hours.

Note:

• Each unique authentication code can only be used one time.
• Click “Report Now” (used to start reporting or access a printable PDF of questions/instructions)
• Click “Options” (used to request time extensions, if available; check filing status; access survey FAQs, find contact information)
• Click “i” (used to learn more about the survey)

Apply by Mail:

1. To Get Business and Professional Classification Survey, the applicant has to approach the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Division link
2. The applicant has to call the office for information and for application.
3. After collecting the form, the applicant has to enter all the survey report in the form.
4. No required documents needed to attach with the application form.
5. The applicant has to send this report form to the office mail address.
6. The mailing address is mentioned in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
7. There is no fee for this procedure.
8. Once the verification process gets done by the officer, the respective authority will contact the applicant for further process.
9. The processing time for this procedure is within a week.

To check the status:

1. Click “Options” on the applicant survey card.
2. Select “Filing Status” option.
3. Review the displayed table. Surveys with an entry in the “Date Received” column have been received by the Census Bureau.

   Note: Blanks in this column indicate the survey is not yet received.

4. It takes 1 or 2 business days for the filing status to be updated after submitting surveys.
5. Return to the “Report Now” button to access the electronic reporting instrument to complete and submit any missing surveys.

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Required Documents

List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.
e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

U.S. Census Bureau Economic Indicators Division
Mailing address
Residential Construction Branch
Washington, DC 20233–6900
(Fax) 1–301–763–8587
Contact - 1–800–845–8244
Email - [email protected]
Contact link
Regional office link

Eligibility

• Any business person who intends to get Business and Professional Classification Survey is eligible to make this application.

Fees

• There is no fee for this procedure.

Validity

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Sample Documents

Sample document for applying survey report link

Processing Time

• The processing time for completing the survey report is within 3 hours.
• By mail, the process takes about 1 week.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
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Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
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sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
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Instructions

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.
• Please follow the instruction in the following link

Required Information

• Name of the survey
• Status
• Due date (or extended date if a time extension was granted)
• Name
• ID
• Authentication code

Need for the Document

• This one-time survey collects information from businesses that were recently assigned Federal Employer Identification Numbers or recently added to the scope of the Census Bureau’s business data collections. This information is used to ensure that our country’s economic statistics accurately account for all relevant business activity.

Information which might help

• For more information link

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• Link
  
• Link
  

Others

For requesting a time extension

• Click “Options” on your survey card.
• Select “Request extension” (if this option is greyed out, time extensions are not available)
• Click on the calendar icon or down arrow under “Extended Due Date”
• Select an available date in the calendar.
• Click “Submit Request”
• A confirmation message will appear on the screen, and the applicant survey card will now display the original survey due date along with the extended date granted to the applicant.