HOW TO APPLY

You may apply for this examination, using a credit card, on-line at the Human Resources Division website: https://www.csexam.hrd.state.ma.us/hrd until midnight on February 18, 2008. A confirmation number for each transaction will be issued.
You may also obtain a paper application form, and file it along with the examination-processing fee (or fee waiver form) in person or by mail with HRD. Applications and fee waiver forms may also be available at city and town clerks' offices across the state. Your Request for Fee Waiver must be submitted with a paper application. If you file an on-line application you are unable to request a fee waiver. If you mail your application, send all correspondence by certified mail with "return receipt requested," if possible. Your application MUST be received in HRD by 5:00 p.m. on February 18, 2008 or be postmarked by midnight on February 18, 2008.

CURRENT MILITARY PERSONNEL:

All military personnel who, in connection with current service, CANNOT be in Massachusetts on March 22, 2008 should contact the Human Resources Division to request a make up examination. To request a make up, you must:
" file an application and processing fee by the last filing date (February 18, 2008);
" request such accommodation in writing, with a copy of your military orders attached; include in your letter either your daytime base phone number or name and phone number of a Massachusetts resident with whom you are in regular contact.

TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:

If you need special testing accommodations due to a documented impairment such as a hearing, learning, physical, mental or visual disability, fill in the circle in item #15 of the paper application or click the corresponding circle in the on-line application, and include with your paper application a letter detailing what type of accommodation you require at the exam site. If you will apply on-line, please forward the letter to HRD. You must also include a letter of support from a qualified professional. Without such a letter, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to grant your accommodation. This information is sought only to provide reasonable accommodation on the day of the examination and will not be used for any other purpose.

EXAMINATION FEE:

All paper applications must be accompanied by a money order, bank check, or by a completed fee waiver form. The examination-processing fee is $75. Payment by money order or bank check should be made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Please print your name, address, social security number, and the examination announcement number 4551 on the front of the money order or bank check. Payments by Master Card and VISA are also accepted when applying via the web site or in person. NO CASH OR PERSONAL CHECKS. There will be NO REFUNDS of the examination-processing fee unless the examination is cancelled by HRD.

FEE WAIVER:

The examination-processing fee may be waived for applicants receiving certain forms of state or federal public assistance, unemployment insurance, or workers' compensation. If you are claiming a fee waiver, fill in item #16 on your application. Fee waiver forms are available from, and must be filed with, the Massachusetts Human Resources Division (see address below). Waiver forms must be accompanied by proof of eligibility, for the subject time period, in the form of signed and dated receipts, check stubs and/or other documentation from the agency providing the assistance.