An applicant shall submit a Commission application only to the Commission through the eLicensing Portal. Access to Portal. A prospective applicant may request access to the Commission’s eLicensing Portal before its SWARC application is submitted or due. Access to the Commission’s eLicensing Portal permits the prospective applicant to begin completing information and uploading documentation required for the applicant’s submission of a Commission application, so that the Commission may conduct an investigation to determine the applicant’s qualifications for a license. A prospective applicant’s use of the eLicensing Portal does not constitute the submission of its Commission application. If a Commission application is not submitted within 180 calendar days after it is started in the eLicensing Portal, information that a prospective applicant has provided, and any documents it uploaded to, the Commission’s eLicensing Portal: Expires and is automatically archived from the Portal; and Shall be again entered or uploaded through the Portal to be considered. The Commission may not begin to conduct an applicant’s background investigation, or consider its Commission application in any way, until the applicant submits: A completed Commission application; and The related administrative costs for background investigations. The Commission may not conduct, or continue to conduct, an applicant’s background investigation, or determine the applicant’s qualifications, after SWARC notifies the Commission that the: SWARC application was determined to be ineligible for an award under Regulation .07 of this chapter; or Applicant has withdrawn its SWARC application. The Commission shall refund to an applicant any unused portion of its background investigation costs: After SWARC notifies the Commission that the: SWARC application was determined to be ineligible for an award under Regulation .07 of this chapter; or Applicant has withdrawn its SWARC application; If, before the Commission issues the license, the applicant has surrendered its license award; or If, before the Commission determines the applicant’s qualifications, the applicant withdraws its Commission application.