WestPointAOG.org | 800.BE A.GRAD 15 Identification Requirements to Enter West Point Escorted Visitors Escorted visitors are persons who enter West Point accompanied by a qualified escort. Escorted visitors do not need to visit the Visitor Control Center but must remain with the qualified escort and have in their possession an approved form of identification at all times. DoD Identification Card If you are in possession of a valid (not expired) Department of Defense-issued identification card, you may enter West Point and other federally controlled installations. Qualified Escorts Qualified escorts are Department of Defense identification card holders. This includes Common Access Card holders (Military, Civilian Government employees, and contractors) or Teslin identification card holders (Retirees, their spouses, and Military dependents aged 16 and older). A qualified escort must accompany each individual he or she is escorting. When riding in a vehicle through an entrance gate at West Point, a qualified escort may only sponsor those individuals who are in his or her vehicle. A qualified escort may not sponsor a vehicle that he or she is not in. Visitors If you are not a Department of Defense-issued identification card holder, you must obtain a Local Area Credential (LAC) by filling out a Local Area Credential Request Form and visiting our Visitor Control Center at 2107 New South Post Road, West Point, NY 10996, Tel: 845.938.0390 or 845.938.0392. The Visitor Control Center is located on the lower level of the Malek West Point Visitors Center and is open daily: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. It is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. When the Visitor Control Center is closed, visitors will be directed by electronic signs to proceed to Stony Lonesome Gate. If you do not have a Department of Defense-issued identification card, you will be considered one of three categories: Escorted Visitors, Foreign Visitors, and Unescorted Visitors. Generally, a current driver’s license or passport will suffice for identification, but driver’s licenses and identification cards from specific territories and states that do not comply with the REAL ID Act of 2005 may not be used as the sole source for identity verification to access Federal installations. A listing of the current state-by-state compliance is available at dhs.gov/current-status- states-territories.
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