TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- In order to continue to follow social distancing guidelines, the Department of Defense is allowing service members and civilians to extend the expiration date of their ID and common access cards from home.
“ID cards that are within 30 days of expiration can have their expiration dates extended through Sept. 30, 2020,” Staff Sgt. Demeetra Toney with Tinker Air Force Base Pass and ID said.
Service members and civilians will be able to temporarily extend the lives of their cards remotely. The DOD said these extended cards may be expired on their face, but can continue to be used for access to benefits, including health care and entry to installations and buildings and to systems and networks.
Under these new COVID-19 response processes CACs that expired on or after April 16 and are within 30 days of expiration may have the certificates updated using dmdc.osd.mil/self_service to allow for continued use for logical access through Sept. 30. However, officials emphasize that individuals must still extend their certificates before the printed expiration date on their CAC.
The DOD can issue first-time uniformed services IDs for dependent or retiree IDs. They can also replace lost or stolen uniformed services dependent and retiree IDs remotely. These IDs will be issued with an expiration date not to exceed one year past the issue date. This does not apply to CAC cards.
Continued use of reserve-component uniformed services ID cards to obtain active duty benefits is authorized for mobilized reservists and their eligible dependents.
For more information visit www.cac.mil/Coronavirus/.