Recently applied for my MC, and now it shoes I don't have authority to operated at all.

I guess you never paid for the change in insur. that comes with running out of your state, now you have no insur. in their books and gov. has shut you down?

 

Find a carrier you can run with that will broker your loads. Run with them for 6 months. More if they treat you right. They will also help you with any headaches you may be facing. Also there is a forum for owner operators. You might try posting there as well. Follow the link. Most of us are here to help.
https://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/forums/ask-an-owner-operator

 

Check your paperwork did you file what you needed. UCR Ect.... also it doesnt happen over night it takes a day or a few for the system to change your status with the Gooberment.

 

The status of "not authorized" will not change until at least 21 days after you applied for the motor carrier authority. You will also need to have your insurance filed and an updated BOC-3 (process agent) filed before they grant your authority. Typical time is 23-25 days.

That said, this should not affect your ability to still get intrastate only loads as you had been doing before, although most brokers are not smart enough to understand the difference and that a MC number is not required for intrastate work.

You may just have to wait out the 21+ days it takes the FMCSA to review and grant operating authority.

 

What a fiasco that is.

 

Yes it is, and there is nothing that can be done to speed up the process with FMCSA, despite several dozen companies charging fees and claiming they can get authority quicker. I know, I deal with this every single day.

Sorry the OP is going thru this just because they are trying to expand from local to interstate operations.

 

Hopefully they arent trying to do this in Rhode Island.