Why Enroll in TSA PreCheck?
TSA PreCheck makes traveling more convenient and efficient. You’ll save time with a faster and easier security screening process.
What You Don’t Need to Remove
With TSA PreCheck, you don’t have to remove shoes, belts, 3-1-1 liquids, light jackets, or laptops from your bags when going through security.
How to Enroll
- Visit tsa.gov/precheck to learn more about the TSA PreCheck Application Program. You can pre-enroll and schedule an appointment online or visit an enrollment center in person.
- To enroll in TSA PreCheck, you must visit an enrollment center in person to provide identification and fingerprints.
- The application fee for TSA PreCheck is $85, is nonrefundable and covers the cost of a background check.
- If approved, most applicants will receive a Known Traveler Number (KTN) within 3-5 days, though some cases can take up to 60 days. You will receive an email or phone notification with instructions on how to retrieve your KTN online. You can also check your enrollment status online.
- Add your KTN to each participating airline profile or provide it when booking airline tickets. The name used when applying for TSA PreCheck must match the name used when booking airline tickets.
How It Works
A TSA PreCheck indicator may appear on a passenger’s boarding pass when the passenger is eligible for expedited security screening on a specific trip.
Enrollment Centers
There are over 400 TSA PreCheck enrollment centers nationwide, including these airport locations:
| Arizona Phoenix (PHX) Arkansas Little Rock (LIT) California Los Angeles (LAX) Sacramento (SMF) San Diego (SAN) Santa Ana (SNA) San Francisco (SFO) Colorado Denver (DEN) Connecticut Windsor Locks (BDL) Florida Fort Myers (RSW) Miami (MIA) Orlando (MCO) Palm Beach (PBI) Tampa (TPA) Georgia Atlanta (ALT) | Illinois Chicago (MDW, ORD) Springfield (SPI) Indiana Indianapolis (IND) Kentucky Hebron (CVG) Massachusetts Boston Logan (BOS) Michigan Detroit (DTW) Minnesota Minneapolis-Saint Paul (MSP) Missouri St. Louis (STL) Nevada Las Vegas (LAS) New York Syracuse (SYR) | North Carolina Charlotte (CLT) Raleigh–Durham (RDU) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh (PIT) Tennessee Memphis (MEM) Nashville (BNA) Texas Austin (AUS) Dallas (DFW) Houston (HOU, IAH) Virginia Arlington (DCA) Dulles (IAD) Washington Seattle (SEA) Spokane (GEG) |
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There are over 350 off-airport enrollment locations. To find a location near you, visit here.
Required Identification Documents
U.S. Citizens, U.S. Nationals or Lawful Permanent Residents
You must provide an original or certified copy* of identity/citizenship documentation during enrollment and the name on all documents must match exactly with the name provided on the application. If you have legally changed your name, you must provide an original or certified name change document (such as a marriage certificate and divorce decree) along with required documentation.
Please bring one of the documents in List A to the enrollment center.
If you don’t have a document from List A, please see List B documents.
List A
- Unexpired U.S. passport (book or card)
- Unexpired Enhanced Tribal Card (ETC)
- Unexpired Free and Secure Trade (FAST) card
- Unexpired U.S. Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL) or Unexpired Enhanced Identification Card (EID)
- Permanent Resident Card (I-551) often called a “Green Card”
- Unexpired foreign passport AND immigrant visa with I-551 annotation “Upon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residence for 1 year”
- Unexpired Re-entry Permit (I-327)
* Original or certified copy of document must be issued by a Federal, State, Tribal, county, city, or territorial government agency bearing an official seal. Shortened or abstract birth certificates and notarized copies of documents are not acceptable.
List B
At least two documents are required if you do not have a document from List A. The documents must include:
- Valid photo ID and
- a document that meets citizenship requirements. (e.g., one document from each column below)
Valid Photo ID
- Unexpired driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or territory
- Unexpired temporary driver’s license plus expired driver’s license (constitutes one document)
- Unexpired photo ID card issued by the U.S. federal or state government or territory. This must include the federal agency, State or State Agency seal or logo (such as a state university ID). Permits are not considered a valid identity document (such as a gun permit).
- Unexpired U.S. military ID card
- Unexpired U.S. military dependent ID card
- Native American Tribal document with photo
- Unexpired Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
- Unexpired Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC)
Valid Proof of Citizenship
- U.S. birth certificate
- U.S. Certificate of Citizenship (N-560 or N-561)
- U.S. Certificate of Naturalization (N-550 or N-570)
- U.S. Citizen Identification Card (I-179 or I-197)
- Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240)
- Certification of Report of Birth Abroad (DS-1350 or FS-545)
- U.S. passport that expired within 12 months of the expiration date
** A passport cannot be used as a List A document if it is expired. If it has expired within the past 12 months, it can be used, but only as proof of citizenship (List B). Also, an expired U.S. passport cannot be presented alone. It must be presented with at least one other List B document.
