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In reply to the discussion: Question about veteran ID cards [View all]

TigressDem

(5,126 posts)
1. Need SS#, DDXXX, Drivers License or equiv and digital pic
Tue Nov 29, 2022, 11:38 AM
Nov 2022
https://www.va.gov/records/get-veteran-id-cards/vic/


You’ll need this information

When you apply, be sure to have these on hand:

Your Social Security number
A digital copy of your DD214, DD256, DD257, or NGB22 that you can upload. This could be in a .pdf, .jpeg, or .png file format.
A copy of a current and valid government-issued ID, such as a driver’s license, passport, or state-issued identification card.

You’ll also need a digital color photo of yourself from the shoulders up. The photo should follow all these standards:

Show a full front view of your face and neck (with no hat, head covering, or headphones covering or casting shadows on your hairline or face), and
Be cropped from your shoulders up (much like a passport photo), and
Show you with your eyes open and a neutral expression, and
Be taken in clothing you’d wear for a driver’s license photo, and
Be a square size and have a white or plain-color background (with no scenery or other people in the photo), and
Show what you look like now (a photo taken sometime in the last 10 years), and
Be uploaded as a .jpeg, .png, .bmp, or .tiff file

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Need SS#, DDXXX, Drivers License or equiv and digital pic TigressDem Nov 2022 #1
Thanks, TigressDem! Glorfindel Nov 2022 #3
You bet. TigressDem Nov 2022 #5
Thanks!!! Siwsan Nov 2022 #4
Lots of links to get the job done TigressDem Nov 2022 #8
I think these are only 10 years old. And I think only the VA get them out. jimfields33 Nov 2022 #12
Excellent question, Siwsan. Glorfindel Nov 2022 #2
MORE info as of Sept 2022 TigressDem Nov 2022 #7
Here are some VA links. usonian Nov 2022 #6
I applied at the local VA office. I took my DD214, they took my doc03 Nov 2022 #9
If you don't want to go through VA. DashOneBravo Nov 2022 #10
Wow - great! Siwsan Nov 2022 #11
You are welcome DashOneBravo Nov 2022 #13
Take your DD214 to the nearest Veterans large medical center. pwb Nov 2022 #14
There is a veteran's medical center very close to me Siwsan Nov 2022 #15
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