ABOUT OUR ID and PROOF OF HOME ADDRESS REQUIREMENT

In order to join or renew as an Active DCTV Member – with opportunities to use our facilities, equipment, and training, and to submit programming, you must supply a valid government ID and separate documentation of your home address, in addition to your membership application and fee. DC residency is not required for membership – all members are required to provide ID and proof of their home address, regardless of where they reside.

In addition to active DCTV members, DCTV also welcomes those who wish to be a Supporting Friend of DCTV. These members vote in our annual elections, but do not use our facilities, equipment, nor training, and cannot submit programming. If you do not provide the requested ID and proof of home address, we will process your membership as a Supporting Friend of DCTV.

Active DCTV Member status can be initiated (or renewed) once the requested documents are submitted. New members must provide the requested documents before they participate in Introduction to DCTV or any other courses. Renewing members must provide the requested documents in order to maintain access to DCTV studios, equipment, or classes.

What forms of ID do we accept for new and renewing members?

We accept only government issued IDs, such as:

• Passports
• Driver’s licenses
• Non-driver’s ID
• Government employee ID

• Public housing or social services ID
  

…AND ONLY if the ID has an expiration date, AND is still current.

What forms of documentation do we accept as proof of home address?

• Bill or notarized residency verification statement from a landlord or property manager;
• Utility bill “tied to the residence” – electricity, water, land line phone, cable, gas;
• Medical statement or correspondence, can include medical insurance statement;
• Letter or bill from a government agency, such as – a letter from DMV, parking authority or IRS, a jury summons, etc.; or
• Letter or paycheck stub from an employer

 …AND ONLY if the document is dated within the previous 60 days AND addressed to the person seeking/renewing membership, at the same address provided on the membership application.

WE ALSO ACCEPT signed, current leases dated within the last year, and with the new member named as a tenant, lessee or sub lessee. 

DCTV will not accept the following items as ID nor proof of home address:

• Voter registration cards
• Motor vehicle registration cards
• Leases that are past the original expiration date, even if they have been extended on a month-to-month basis
• Medical insurance CARDS that do not have an expiration date
• Cell phone bills