If you visit Joint Base Lewis McChord, you need to know about a change in ID requirements.
Starting April 1, a standard driver's license will not get you into the base or the Yakima Training Center.
You'll have to have an enhanced driver's license or ID. Passports and other official government documents will also work.
This change affects companies with employees who need unescorted access to JBLM or YTC. It also impacts people who need visitor passes to visit friends, family, the museums, hospital or other locations on either JBLM or YTC.
The change does not apply to Department of Defense workers because they already have DOD identification cards.
Visitors with the Washington State Enhanced Driver's License or ID must still go to the Visitor Center to get a base pass.
People without a Washington State Enhanced Driver's License or ID must provide one of the following forms of ID to get a base pass:
- U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
- Permanent resident card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (INS Form I-551)
- Foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp or temporary I-551 with printed notation on a machine readable immigrant visa
- Foreign passport with a current arrival-departure record or foreign passport with INS Form I-94/I-94A bearing the same names as the passport and containing an endorsement of the alien's nonimmigrant status, if that status authorizes the alien to work for an employer
- Employment authorization document that contains a photograph (INS Form I-776)
- Driver license or identification card issued by a state or outlying U.S. possession that is Real ID compliant. For Washington and Minnesota this is the Enhanced Driver License or Enhanced ID
- JBLM-issued Rapid Gate Identification
- U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card or Transportation Worker ID Card issued by DHS
- Native American tribal document
- U.S. Government issued, authenticated Federal PIV credentials
- For anyone under 18, a school ID card that contains a photo
Visitors with visitor pass questions should call the JBLM Lewis Main Visitor Center at (253) 967-4794, JBLM McChord Field Visitor Center at (253) 982-2588, or YTC Police Desk at (509) 577-3236.
For more information about the Real ID Act, visit the Department of Homeland Security Website at www.DHS.gov, or for information about how to obtain a Washington State enhanced driver license visit the Washington Department of Licensing website at http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense/edl.html
