Admissions ID Documentation
Types of Documentation for Admission
For admission to an Alabama Community College System institution, an applicant must present either; (1) one primary form of documentation, or (2) two secondary forms of documentation.
A list of acceptable primary and secondary documentation follows.
- Primary forms of documentation:
- Unexpired Alabama Driver’s License or instruction permit
- Unexpired Alabama identification card
- Unexpired U.S. Passport
- Unexpired U.S. Permanent Resident Card
- Resident Alien Card – Pre-1997
- Unexpired Driver’s License or instruction permit from another state or possession that verifies lawful presence, dated 2000 and beyond
- U.S. Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-151) prior to 1978
- BIA or tribal identification card with photo
- If an applicant cannot present primary documentation, he/she must provide two secondary forms of documentation, one of which must be a photo identification card. In addition, to the photo identification card, an applicant must present one of the following:
- U.S. Certificate of Naturalization
- Social Security Card
- Certified copy of a U.S. Birth Certificate or a U.S. State Department Certificate of Birth Abroad
- U.S. Certificate of Citizenship
- U.S. Military ID Card (active duty, reserve, retired)
- U.S. Military Dependent ID Card
- U.S. armed forces driver’s license
- Legal guardian affidavit
- Selective service card
- W-2 form
- U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs card
- Concealed weapons permit
- Medical insurance ID card (including AHCCCS ID card)
- Professional license
- Bank card
- Credit card
- Employee ID badge (with photo)
- School ID (with photo)
- Marriage certificate issued in any U.S. state, territory or possession
- Certified letter of identification for a ward of the court, issued by a court or government agency in the U.S.
- Documents from a court record (certified copy)
- Divorce decree
- Adoption decree
- Name change decree
- Bankruptcy decree
- Emancipation decree
- BIA or tribal affidavit of birth or certificate of Indian blood
- USCIS I94 or I94A form
- USCIS employment authorization document (I688A, I-688B, I-766)
- U.S. military DD-214
- U.S. travel document (mint green cover) endorsed with Permit to re-enter (Form I327 or refugee travel document Form I-571)
- U.S. application for voluntary departure under the family unity program (Form I-797)
- U.S. temporary resident card (Form I-688)
- U.S. notice of approval to apply for permanent residents (Form I-171 or I-463)
- Other documentation issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; or, documentation presenting a status permitted under 8U.S. code § 1621 and 1641