Foreign Nationals

Non-Military Foreign Visitor Request

Any non-military, non-US citizen will need to have a sponsor and submit a DES Form 118.  Those personnel also need to be escorted by a DoD CAC holder at all times while on the installation.

(1) Foreign national visitors, traveling in the U.S., not on military orders are Not Authorized Unescorted Access to Fort Bragg. They are required to be sponsored by an adult authorized DoD ID cardholder utilizing a completed and approved DES Form 118 (Appendix N) and always escorted for access to FBNC.

(2) Forty-eight (48) hours in advance, the sponsor must submit a “Request for a Foreign National FB Installation Access Control Pass”, DES FM 118, via an “.mil email,” and must digitally signed and encrypt the email for the protection of the visitors’ information (Click Here For Form). The Form must be approved and signed by a Designated Representatives for Brigade/Group/Battalion/Squadron or higher CDRs, Executive Officers, Directors, Deputy Directors, or Contract Officer Representatives (CORs), as it applies to the sponsor and/or purpose of visit.  Once completed, the form can also be hand delivered 48hrs in advance by the sponsor, to the All American Visitor Center or email: usarmy.bragg.id-readiness.mbx.des118@army.mila completed and approved DES Form 118 to the FB DES/Physical Security Division,

Department of the Army Security Guards Army Security Guards (Chief of Guards), phone (910) 432-1200/1199. A VCC representative will contact and request the sponsored person(s) report to the VCC for issuance of their access card.

(3) Visitor passes may only be issued for up to 90 days. Copies of the ID documents for the visitor and DoD sponsor will be made at the Visitor Control Center. If the sponsor refuses to allow their identity documents to be copied a pass will not be issued and the foreign national visitor will be denied access to the installation.

(4) Foreign national visitors, excluding citizens of Canada and those visitors on military orders, are required to produce either a passport with a Form I-94, OR an I-551 (Permanent Resident Card, aka: “Green Card”). Foreign nationals from countries that are part of the Visa Waiver Program will be issued a Form I-94W or have a stamp placed in their passport. The I-94/I-94W or the stamp is issued to all foreign visitors by US Customs when they initially enter the US. These documents are required to be presented to receive a pass at the VCC. Note: Passports often include a VISA overprint in the internal pages. The status of the VISA is not a determining factor for installation access.

(5) The VCC will collect full data on foreign national visitors who are not on military orders. Copies of the passport and the accompanying I-94 or I-94W, or I-551 for Permanent Resident Aliens, military ID, orders, and any other pertinent documentation presented will be made and scanned into a portable document format (PDF) file.

(6) In addition to the information on the AIE visitor pass, the foreign national driver, and foreign national passengers of a vehicle, whether a sponsor is required or not, will have an AIE visitor pass/card completed IAW the AIE pass/card enrollment.

(7) Canadian citizens are only required to show some form of valid ID (e.g., DL and/or passport), an I-94 or I-551 is not required.