WHO QUALIFIES

• Foreign nationals
• Cleared = has a clearance recognized or approved by DOE/HQ or granted by NATO
• Is not carrying or does not have a current DOE Standard badge issued by a site other than LANL
  • DOE policy (DOE Badge Program, Paragraph 4(d)(1), Chapter I, Vol. II, Rev. 1, April 15, 1999) permits issuance of a cleared DOE Standard badge to foreign nationals who are DOE or DOE contractor employees - LANL accepts this as a valid DOE Standard badge and treats the foreign national visitor as it would a U.S. citizen visitor with a DOE Standard badge
  • Attempted use of a non-LANL site-specific badge to gain access into a LANL security area is grounds for confiscation
• Official visitor =
• a person who represents the organization that holds his/her clearance
• has a Laboratory host/sponsor, who must
  • be a U.S. citizen
  • be a cleared University of California or Federal employee
  • have the clearance held by LANL
    
    

IMPORTANT BADGE CHARACTERISTICS

• Expiration date is for either:
• The entire period authorized for the visit, which may not exceed one year
• The dates, within the authorized visit period, that the visitor is actually on-site
• Badge is not encoded for security area access - visitor must be escorted by a cleared Laboratory employee through designated security posts and always within security areas
• Badge serial number begins OV (= Official Visitor)
• Color coding on the badge indicates classified access granted and is consistent with the clearance that DOE personnel would have to hold to have such access, i.e.,
  • Striped blue = access granted is to either SRD or TSRD
  • Striped yellow = access granted is to all level / category combinations except SRD and TSRD
  • The color coding on the badge does not indicate the clearance held by the individual
• For badging periods
  • Greater than 10 days, the badge must include a photograph
  • Equal to or less than 10 days, no picture is required but is provided, if requested by the host/sponsor
• Z number appears on the badge
• Visitor's name appears in white letters on a RED background, to indicate non-U.S. citizenship
• Visitor's organizational affiliation appears on the badge
• Visitor's country of citizenship appears on the badge
• Badge states VISITOR at bottom center
• Reverse side of badge displays:
  • Access granted (Classification level and category only)
  • Magnetic stripe (if badge is encoded - encoding can be for property protected areas only)
  • Standard "If lost, return to ..." statement
  • Barcode of Z number
  • Barcode of badge serial number
• Site specific: use limited to LANL
• Additional requirements for a particular Laboratory Technical Area and/or Building may be set by the organization having jurisdiction
• Badge Office can store the badge for those periods when the visitor is not at the Laboratory
• 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
  • It is the visitor's responsibility to ensure the return of the badge - giving it to the host instead of directly returning it to the Badge Office runs the risk of the badge not beging returned.

   

See also Procedures for Incoming Classified Visits