WELCOME TO USAG West Point

Here, you’ll find comprehensive information about access requirements and the identification needed to enter West Point. Department of Defense identification card holders are not subject to these entry requirements.

The Visitor Control Center is located at 2107 New South Post Road, Highland Falls, NY 10928, Tel: (315) 774-9235 or (315) 774-9234. 

The Visitor Control Center is open Monday-Sunday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. When the Visitor Control Center is closed, visitors will be directed to proceed to Stony Lonesome Gate for a background check and temporary pass. 

Visitors:  If you are not a Department of Defense issued identification card holder you must obtain a local area credential by filling out an AIE Credential Request Form, which you can get in person, at our Visitor Control Center. For any questions, please call the number listed above. 

WEST POINT IS A REAL ID COMPLIANT INSTALLATION. 

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. A current driver’s license or passport will suffice for identification, but effective October 1, 2020, driver’s licenses and identification cards from specific territories and states that do not comply with the REAL ID Act of 2005 are not to 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 REAL ID Act Status of States & Territories.

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.) A qualified escort must accompany each individual he or she is escorting and can only escort up to 15 individuals.

Foreign Visitors: Foreign visitors must be escorted at all times by a qualified escort in order to enter the installation. That requirement can be met by either entering with a DoD identification card holder or taking a bus tour with an assigned guide provided the bus tour agency presents a valid legible manifest. See below for bus tour information.
 

Requirements for Unescorted Visitors: For visitors 18 years of age and above you will need to have in your possession a valid photo ID (e.g., a driver’s license) containing biographical information such as name, address, gender, eye color and height. 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 are not to be used as the sole source for identity verification to access Federal installations.
Acceptable primary forms of identification, not including a driver’s license, are:

•     United States Passport or United States Passport Card.

•     PIV Card (personal identification verification) Issued by the Federal Government.).

•     PIV-I Card (personal identification verification- interoperable) issued by the Federal Government

•     U.S. military ID (all members of the U.S. Armed Forces [including retirees and dependent ID card holders] and veterans).

•     Veterans’ health identification card issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

•     DHS "Trusted Traveler" cards (GLOBAL ENTRY, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST).

•     TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential).

·         Merchant Mariner card issued by DHS/U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).

·         Driver license issued by the U.S. Department of State.

·         Border Crossing Card (FORM DSP-150).

·         U.S. Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship (FORM N-550)

·         U.S. permanent resident card/alien registration receipt card (FORM 1-551).

·         Foreign passport with a temporary (1-551) stamp or temporary (1-551) printed notation on a machine readable immigrant VISA.

·         U.S. refugee travel document or other travel document or evidence of immigration status issued by OHS containing a photograph (permit to re-enter Form 1-327 and refugee travel document Form 1-571).

•     In the case of a nonimmigrant alien authorized to work for a specific employer incident to status, a foreign passport with Form I-94 or Form I-94A bearing the same name as the passport and containing an endorsement of the alien’s nonimmigrant status, as long as the endorsement has not yet expired and the proposed employment is not in conflict with any restrictions or limitations identified on the form.

On October 1, 2020, anyone who does not possess a driver’s license or identification card compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 is not allowed access onto West Point unless they have a secondary form of identification (see approved list below). A listing of the current state-by-state compliance is available at » REAL ID Act Status of States & Territories.

Bus Tours: Visitors who elect to sign up for a scheduled West Point bus tour will be escorted on the installation by an assigned tour guide. For information on scheduling a bus tour, call West Point Tours, Inc. at (845) 446-4724 or visit their website » West Point Tours Website.

☆ A listing of the current state-by-state compliance is available at » REAL ID Act Status of States & Territories. Please read this website carefully, several states have not received extensions or their extensions have expired. ☆