I had a call from someone asking what she should do about registration renewal. She went on Inactive status Feb 5 2021 and is planning on returning to work prior to the end of the year. She is wondering which is best:Pay the early bird payment now for full registration and send request to change status nownPay the Inactive status fee now and then when she knows the date of her return send the change of status then and pay the difference between full and inactive.

She can’t go on the Active Register unless she is able to receive supervision for 2 hours a month and most don’t do that when they’re busy on a maternity leave (and even if she could do that the savings would be minimal). So I think the only real option is for her to renew her inactive registration and then pay the full fee later in 2021, which will be $705 ($805-$100 she pays for inactive registration at this June renewal). Fees are only prorated the last six months of registration year (which is now Jan -June)