FAA Enrollment and TSA Approval to Conduct Flight Training
The Transportation Security Administration has set forth requirements that must be met before students can conduct flight training at UND.
UND is required by the TSA to verify the citizenship of all students prior to conducting any flight training in certain flight courses. This process must be completed at UND, and is completed by Records Center personnel at the airport. FAA enrollment for AVIT 102 will be completed at the same time when visiting the Records Center. This is normally accomplished when students meet with their flight instructor for the first time.
Verification of citizenship is required for the following courses: AVIT 101, 102, 140, 143, 220, 221, 324, 325, 343, 349, and 350.
Students will complete this process multiple times as they progress through flight training, and will need to present proper identification each time the process must be done.
Students who are United States citizens will be required to show proof of citizenship prior to beginning flight training. This typically consists of presenting a valid, unexpired US Passport or a certified birth certificate combined with a government-issued photo ID. A full list of acceptable forms of identification is available below. Students should make sure they bring the appropriate documents with them when they come to UND.
To prove your citizenship, you must present one of the following items to the UND Records department at the airport. Please bring your logbook and the appropriate identification listed below:
- U.S. Passport (Valid and Unexpired)
- Birth Certificate (Original or Government-Issued Certified) and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Original U.S. Naturalization Certificate with raised seal/Form N-550 and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Original U.S. Naturalization Certificate with raised seal/Form N-570 and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Original Certification of Birth Abroad with raised seal/Form FS-545 and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Original Certification of Birth Abroad with raised seal/Form DS-1350 and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Original Certificate of Citizenship with raised seal/Form N-560 and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Original Certificate of Citizenship with raised seal/Form N-561 and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Original Certificate of Citizenship with raised seal/Form N-580 and Government-Issued Picture ID
- Federal Employee Agency's Written Certification of U.S. Citizenship and Government-Issued Credentials
- Federal Employee Agency's Written Certification of U.S. Citizenship and Federally-Issued Picture ID
- DOD Attaché Statement and Government-Issued Picture ID
These are the only documents that are acceptable. If you choose to present your birth certificate and ID, please note it must be the original birth certificate, or a Government-issued certified copy. A certified copy is one issued by the state where you were born - usually because the original was lost. It will have some type of stamp or raised seal indicating its authenticity. It cannot be a photocopy of the original, even if it is notarized. It cannot be a fax of the original. It cannot be the commemorative certificate from the hospital. If you need to request a certified copy please be aware the processing time varies from state to state.
UND recommends all students obtain a passport. In addition to being able to prove citizenship for TSA compliance, a passport is a useful tool for a professional aviator. If you apply for a passport, the process can take 6 weeks or longer. Please DO NOT send your birth certificate away if you'll need it as proof of citizenship at the start of a semester; wait until you've been TSA cleared.
Students who are not United States citizens have additional TSA requirements, and will need to start the TSA approval process before the semester begins.
For questions regarding TSA requirements, please contact Diane Thureen, Flight Training Records Manager. Please note that this process is completed when the student is ready to start flight training, and is not required to be completed prior to registering for a flight course and/or flight lab.