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Post 9-11 ID Requirements

Primary Documents

  • Virginia DMV-issued driver's license unexpired or expired for not more than one year.
  • Virginia DMV-issued learner's/instruction permit unexpired or expired for not more than one year.
  • Virginia DMV-issued photo identification card (excluding child ID cards) unexpired or expired for not more than one year.
  • Unexpired driver's license or learner's /instruction permit (with photo), issued by a U.S. state (other than Virginia), jurisdiction or territory.
  • Current Photo ID card, (school and employment). Check Cashing Cards are not acceptable.
  • Unexpired U.S. military ID card of an active duty or retired member (ID cards of military dependents are not acceptable as primary identity documents).
  • Unexpired U.S. passport.
  • Unexpired foreign passport with a visa, I-94 or I-94W or I-551 stamp. An I-94W MUST be from a country participating in the Visa Waiver Pilot Program.
  • U.S. Certificate of Naturalization (form N-550, N-570 or N-578).
  • U.S. Certificate of Citizenship (form N-560 or N-561).
  • U.S. Citizen Identification Card (form I-197).
  • Unexpired Temporary Resident Card (form I-688).
  • Unexpired Employment Authorization Card (form I-688A, I-688B or I-766).
  • Unexpired Refugee Travel Document (form I-571).
  • Unexpired Resident Alien Card, Permanent Resident Card, Northern Marianas Card (form I-551).
  • A copy of the first and last page of an application for asylum (Request for Asylum in the United States) provided the pages are accompanied by either a receipt from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) showing the application has been filed or documentation verifying the application is pending in immigration court; 
    OR Documentation indicating a decision to grant asylum by the Asylum Office or the original of a document granting asylum issued by an immigration judge or the INS. Either or both of these documents will count as one primary document.
  • Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (form FS-240) or Certification of Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States of America (Form DS-1350)
  • Virginia Criminal Justice Agency Offender Information Form.
  • United States Probation Offender Information Form.

Secondary Documents 

(Require two of below selections)

  • U.S. Selective Service Card.
  • U.S. military discharge papers (form DD214).
  • Certified copy of school records/transcript issued by a U.S. state, jurisdiction or territory or by a state-accredited private school OR a Virginia Department of Education Certificate of Enrollment form (a report card is not acceptable).
  • Health care insurance card.
  • Life insurance policy.
  • Unexpired welfare/social services identification card with photo, issued by a municipality.
  • State-issued driver's license or learner's/instruction permit (other than Virginia), with photo, expired not more than five years.
  • State-issued photo identification card (other than Virginia) expired not more than five years.
  • U.S. passport -- expired not more than five years.
  • Foreign passport -- expired not more than five years, with a visa, I-94 or I-94W, or I-551 stamp. An I-94W must be from a country participating in the Visa Waiver Pilot Program.
  • Unexpired military dependent ID card, with photo.
  • Unexpired weapons or gun permit issued by federal, state or municipal government.
  • Unexpired pilot's license.
  • INS form I-797 (applicable only for individuals whose names appear on the form).
  • U.S Department of State form IAP-66 (applicable only for the individuals whose names appear on the form).
  • Veterans' Universal Access Identification Card.