WHO QUALIFIES

• Foreign nationals
• Laboratory employees ("assignees") and official visitors
• Does not hold a DOE or other U.S. Government clearance or a U.S. recognized clearance from another country

IMPORTANT BADGE CHARACTERISTICS

• Expiration date = period of assignment or visit but not to exceed 1 year
• Visit or Assignment must be approved by the Foreign Visits and Assignments (FV&A) program
• All relevant information must have been entered into the Enterprise Information Architecture's (EIA's) Uncleared Foreign Nationals system by FV&A prior to the arrival of the individual using Laboratory Form 982
• Badge shows country of citizenship
• If a visitor, badge shows individual's organizational affiliation
• Badge includes individual's photograph
• Badge serial number begins FN (= Foreign National)
• Individuals with this badge may only be escorted into a security area if prior approval has been obtained from DOE/AL and then DOE/HQ concurs [process takes a minimum of 8 weeks]
• Z number appears on the badge
• Reverse side of badge displays:
  • Magnetic stripe (if badge is encoded)
  • Standard "If lost, return to ..." statement
  • Barcode of Z number
  • Barcode of badge serial number
• Badge is not issued until individual has first read, signed, and submitted an Uncleared Foreign National Responsibilities form to the Badge Office - this takes place at the time of badging
• Renewal badge can only be issued on the first day after the expiration of the expired badge - if the badge expiration date falls on a weekend, renewal badge can be issued the first work day after expiration
• Site specific: use limited to LANL
• Use limited only to those Technical Areas and Buildings on the Approved Exemption List that have been specifically indicated by the uncleared foreign national's sponsor
• The Badge Office will store the badge for those periods when the employee is not doing work at/for the Laboratory or the visitor is not at the Laboratory - badge must be stored whenever the uncleared foreign national goes outside the United States; the badge is inactivated when being stored
• As government property, the badge must be returned when no longer needed - a badge that is not accounted for will result in denial of any future badging services until the badge is accounted for.