Gadsden State Community College
Faculty & Staff
Admissions
According to State Board Policy 801.01: Admission; All new/readmission students must provide one Primary Form of Documentation or Two Secondary Forms of Documentation for Admission to Alabama Community Colleges. All International Students must provide an acceptable VISA.
- Registration for classes will not be allowed until the Admissions Office has received appropriate documentation.
- Documentation must be submitted in person to the admissions office -OR- a notarized copy may be mailed to the admissions office (see below).
Types of Acceptable Identification:
Primary Forms
- 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 Card (Form I0151) prior to 1978
- BIA or tribal identification card with photo
Secondary Forms, examples
- Photo Identification, must provide one
- U.S. Military ID Card
- School ID
- Employee ID Badge
- U.S. armed forces driver’s license
- Other forms, must provide one
- U.S. Certificate of Naturalization
- Social Security Card (without restrictions)
- 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. Armed Forces driver's license
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs card
- Concealed weapons permit
- Medical/Health insurance ID card (except Medicare card or a Mexican Matricula Consulate card)
- BIA or tribal affidavit of birth or certificate of Indian blood
- USCIS I 94 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 I 327 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 8 U.S. Code 1621 and 1641
- For documentation not listed above or provided in U.S. Code, contact the Department of Postsecondary Education, Instructional and Student Services Division for assistance in determining eligibility.
