WHO QUALIFIES

• U.S. citizens (including dual citizens)
• Not cleared = does not have a clearance recognized or approved by DOE/HQ or granted by NATO
• Does not have a current DOE standard badge issued by a facility other than LANL
• In this context, "Official visitor" =
• a person who represents another organization
• has a Laboratory host/sponsor, who must be a University of California or Federal employee of the local DOE Field Office

IMPORTANT BADGE CHARACTERISTICS

• Issuance/use is optional and at the request of the host/sponsor if visitor spends 10 days or less per year at the Laboratory
• Intent is that badge will be used primarily in non-security areas of the Laboratory
• Unless a specific facility has its own requirements, badge may be used throughout the Laboratory
• 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
• With host authorization, can be encoded for use in uncleared property-protected areas after normal business hours
• May be used for escorted visits into a security area
• Badge serial number begins UV (= Uncleared Visitor)
• 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
• Badge is striped gray to indicate uncleared U.S. and visitor
• Visitor's organizational affiliation appears on the badge
• Badge states VISITOR at bottom center
• Reverse side of badge displays:
  • 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.

Also see

• Procedure for incoming unclassified U.S. visits
• Lab Form 1735 (U.S. Visitor Badge Request)