Registration

General Guidelines

• Effective May 3, 2023, a REAL ID compliant identification will be required for individuals 18 years of age or older.

• Access by foreign nationals (non-U.S. citizens) 16 years of age or older involves an extra step of obtaining approval through the Foreign National Access Program’s (FNAP) FAVOR system. Note that this may add an additional 5-7 days of processing time and plan accordingly.

• You may be required to upload copies of documents during the registration process. When you arrive at Argonne for the first time and come to the Argonne Welcome Center (AWC), Building 224, to pick up your badge or pass, be prepared to show originals of those documents. 

• Argonne supports the inclusion of minors (any individual who is under the age of 18 at the time of their visit) in educational opportunities, and certain minors may visit the Laboratory for purposes such as a personal visit; tours hosted by divisions, directorates, or user facilities; educational/outreach visit; or a research-focused visit or a user facility/partnership visit. Minors under sixteen (16) years of age are not required to obtain a visitor gate pass.

Required Identification

Visitors and users must provide a form of unexpired photo identification (except for those under the age of 16). The following is a list of acceptable forms of photo identification:

• REAL ID compliant driver’s license/state identification card

• U.S. passport or passport card

• Foreign government issued passport

• HSPD-12 PIV/PIV-I card (Note: cardholders must still obtain a gate pass to be admitted to the site)

• Permanent resident card (I-551)

• School- or university-issued ID if under the age of 18

• DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)

• U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents

• Border crossing card

• State-issued enhanced driver’s license (Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, Washington)

• Federally recognized, tribal-issued photo ID

• Canadian provincial driver’s license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card

• Transportation worker identification credential

• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)

• U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential

• Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)

If an individual does not possess one of the above-mentioned identifications, they may present one document from this selection of List B and one document from this selection of List C of the USCIS Form I-9 acceptable documents as detailed below: