Understanding Badge Renewal

A current employee/individual who is completing a badge renewal must travel to an NIH Enrollment & Issuance Facility to pick up their new badge once the badge renewal is processed and approved by DPSAC. This cannot be done at a remote Fieldprint location and NIH does not have remote Enrollment & Issuance centers. Individuals can find NIH Enrollment & Issuance Facility locations under our Contact page.
 
Unlike individuals that utilize the Fieldprint service to complete the fingerprinting portion of their prescreening for a new badge, individuals completing a badge renewal will not need to submit fingerprints at a Fieldprint location first. Instead, these individuals will need to complete either the Enrollment (if required) or Issuance for the renewal at an NIH Enrollment/Issuance facility when prompted by the system. New fingerprints are usually not required for badge renewals. 
 
New fingerprints are typically only required for the following situations:

  • Prescreening/new badge requests
  • Replacing lost/stolen badges
  • Badge Update for legal name changes
  • Designation Change from non-FTE to FTE status
  • Position Designation change requiring a new higher level background investigation
  • Background Reinvestigation requirement
  • Security clearance requests
  • Position change that requires the individual to work with children

Please note: if a badge renewal task expires, the servicing AO will need to resubmit a new badge request in NED, and the individual would be required to complete Enrollment at an NIH Enrollment Facility before they can pick up the new badge.​