People to People Sponsor
Access Procedures for Fort Leavenworth

Apply for new 2025-26 LAC Cards by December 31 for Base Access (Sponsoring Members)

All LAC cards expire in February 2025, and must be renewed in order to retain access to the Fort. Local Access Cards (LACs) are your way onto Fort Leavenworth for events and officer visits (should your officer live on post). They provide both the Fort and our members a measure of security, albeit with a degree of inconvenience in the initial application and retrieval of the card(s) in person. We appreciate that our sponsors understand the need for security at U.S. military bases. 

Order of the "LAC Process"
Please note the order, or sequence of events occurring when applying for and receiving your local area access card (LAC).

1. Please fill out and submit your LAC Form before December 31, 2024 LAC application form Version 2025-26 (you complete the "applicant" part only). 
2. You must use only the new 2025-26 version as there are changes compared to the previous year’s app. 
3. The form must be submitted in the original PDF format (i.e. no pictures/scans of the form). The blue shaded fields you fill out need to still be editable as IMSD needs to add their approval before submitting to the Visitor Control Center (VCC) for processing. 
4. Complete one LAC form per person. It must be filled out electronically (not handwritten). 
5. All blocks of the Applicant Information and Criminal History sections must be filled out by you. 
6. If you are retired, enter Retired in the Employer field. If you are not working, enter None in the Employer field. 
7. STOP after the Criminal History section. No alterations are to be made in the Purpose Information and Sponsor Information sections. Those sections are completed by IMSD. 
8. Do NOT digitally sign or date the form as this will lock the form and prevent Mr. Fain from completing his required signature (for the purpose of this form, Mr. Fain is considered the sponsor).
9. Send the completed LAC forms to Karen Haber (karen@kchaber.com) or Sharon Valasek (svalasek01@gmail.com).
10. For family units (e.g., couples), please submit each of your individual applications at the same time. This will help them get processed at the same time. If they are submitted separately, we will hold one app until we receive the other before submitting to IMSD for processing. 
11. Karen or Sharon will acknowledge receipt and will email the completed LAC to IMSD.
12. Karen or Sharon will contact sponsor(s) when we have been notified by IMSD that the application is ready. Do not call the Visitor Control Center (VCC) before you receive notification from Karen or Sharon that your application is ready for pick up. Calling the VCC before being notified by Karen or Sharon can cause confusion (VCC may say they don’t have the application when, in fact, it is with someone else (e.g., IMSD) integral to the process. When VCC says they don’t have it, it causes sponsors to believe their application hasn’t been submitted).

13. Once notified by Karen or Sharon that the LAC is ready for pick up, call the VCC. (Before sponsors drive to Fort Leavenworth have them call the VCC at 913-684-3600 to make sure the system that issues the pass is working. If sponsors have any problems while there, call David Bornn’s mobile phone at 910-286-3863).
    NOTE: The VCC is open Monday – Friday, 7:00 – 4:00. 

14. Pick up pass within 30 days of approval date. (Approved applications are valid for and must be picked up within 30 days, otherwise the process starts over -- requiring a new app to be submitted). A rule introduced in 2018 from the VCC states that sponsors are allowed to apply only 3 times, so please don't let your approval expire. 

Link to the 2025-26 LAC Application Form- Submit by December 31

Note: If you're not accustomed to using a fillable PDF form, you might find this link helpful: "How to Fill Out an Attached PDF & Email Back."

Visitors can now apply for and receive a
temporary Visitors Pass Online!

The Fort Leavenworth Online Visitor Registration Portal is open for business. We are no longer issuing paper visitor passes. They are now all virtual. A “pass” will be attached to the visitor’s ID in our security scanning system. Visitors may still use our Visitor Center or the new online portal. Here are some tips for the system.

• Click the following link from a computer or mobile device: 

  HTTPS://PASS.AIE.ARMY.MIL/?B=USA&I=FORT_LEAVENWORTH&T=V

• Fill in your personal information and visit details. You cannot register more than 10 days in advance.
• You’ll be notified via text message if your visitor pass is approved, or if you should go to the Visitor Center to request access.
• When you arrive at the gate, you must present the same driver’s license or passport you registered with online.
• Special event visitor links can also be created if you’re hosting a special event on Fort Leavenworth (retirement/promotion ceremony, wedding, reception, etc.)
• Contact the Visitor Control Center (VCC) at 913-684-3600 with questions.