Dover Air Force Base

DAFB Pass Procedures

Civilian students and faculty must complete a pass request form.

  1. Download the form:
    Civilian Student Pass Request
    Civilian Adjunct Faculty Pass Request
  2. Print out and fill in the entire form. All information requested on the form is required to obtain a pass. (A Federally Compliant Driver’s License or State ID is required).
  3. Fax the completed form to the DAFB site office at 302-269-0180 or email request to dafbpassrequests@wilmu.edu.
  4. Most passes are ready within 72 business hours (72 hours does not include Saturday, Sunday or DAFB holidays).
  5. You may pick up your pass at the DAFB Main Gate Visitor’s Center, Monday – Friday between 6:30AM and 5:30PM. Passes may not be picked up after 6PM or on Saturday or Sunday as the visitor's center is closed.
  6. To pick up your WilmU DAFB Access Pass, you must be present and have a federally compliant US driver’s license or a non-federally compliant US driver’s license in combination with one of the following forms of ID:
    • United States Passport, not expired
    • Original or Certified copy of a birth certificate
    • Consular Report of Birth Abroad
    • Certificate of Naturalization issued by DHS
    • Certificate of Citizenship
    • Permanent Resident Card/Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
    • A foreign passport with a temporary (I-551) stamp or temporary (I-551) printed notation on a machine readable immigrant visa
    • An employment authorization document that contains a photograph (Form I-766)
    • U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Cards/Credentials
    • U.S. Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-550) and U.S. Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551)
    • U.S. Refugee travel document or other travel document or evidence of immigration status issued by DHS containing a photograph
    • A Foreign Government Issued Passport