{"id":55214,"date":"2014-11-12T17:30:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T17:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2014\/11\/12\/tricare-help-a-long-way-from-home-with-expired-id\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:53:12","slug":"tricare-help-a-long-way-from-home-with-expired-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2014\/11\/12\/tricare-help-a-long-way-from-home-with-expired-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricare Help: A long way from home with expired ID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" alternate=\"Tricare in full-time college student status ends when\" assetid=\"18913625\" assettype=\"image\" class=\"imgAsset middle\" credit=\"Tricare\" cutline=\"Tricare in full-time college student status ends when you turn 23.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/b84b4197b8931ac2336513f9ef91e59c4806e376\/r=500x250\/local\/-\/media\/GGM\/MilitaryTimes\/2014\/11\/12\/635513922321690009-TRICARE-Logo-jpg.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"635513922321690009-TRICARE-Logo-jpg [ID=18913625]\" width=\"245px\"\/><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Q. I need to have my status as a full-time college student verified for Tricare eligibility. My dad lives in Washington state and I go to school in Florida. I&#8217;m 22, will turn 23 in five months, and my military ID is expired. I went to my school&#8217;s registrar office and got an official letter from them verifying my full-time student status. But I&#8217;m not sure what to do now.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>A.<\/b> Before getting into what you need to do, be aware that your eligibility for Tricare in full-time college student status ends when you turn 23. So you have five more months until the letter you just obtained becomes useless for Tricare eligibility purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to remain under Tricare in full-time student status for those five months, you need to do a couple of things right away. First, get a new ID card; a valid ID card is your principal proof of Tricare eligibility (though not your only one \u2014 your father can go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmdc.osd.mil\/milconnect\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dmdc.osd.mil\/milconnect\/\">https:\/\/www.dmdc.osd.mil\/milconnect\/<\/a> and generate, save and print an eligibility letter for you that will serve as proof of current coverage under Tricare).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You also need to have your full-time student status validated in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System database under your father&#8217;s sponsorship. Send the letter you obtained from your school to your father so he can take it to the ID Card\/DEERS office on his local military installation and get them to update your information in his file and verify you as a full-time student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As far as renewing your ID card: A few years ago the Defense Department launched a new system called Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System, or RAPIDS, an online self-service portal that makes it possible to renew dependent ID cards even if the dependent and sponsor are geographically separated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At his local ID Card\/DEERS office, your father can &#8220;digitally&#8221; sign the required documents to renew your ID card. Those digital documents are then accessible by all military ID card-issuing facilities worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dependent who is thousands of miles away can then go to the nearest RAPIDS ID card-issuing facility and complete the update process or have a new ID card issued. Your father can get details from his local ID Card\/DEERS office or by calling the main DEERS support office toll free at 800-538-9552.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last thing: Once you turn 23, your only remaining Tricare option will be Tricare Young Adult, which requires enrollment and payment of monthly premiums, and has a few other requirements as well. If you qualify for TYA, you may stay covered under that program until age 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At that point, you will age out of all Tricare options for nondisabled dependent children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information on Tricare Young Adult is here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/TYA\" title=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/TYA\">www.militarytimes.com\/TYA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email tricarehelp@militarytimes.com. Include the word &#8220;Tricare&#8221; in the subject line and do not attach files. 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