ACT Card Name Information

Chosen or Preferred Name Information for ACT Card

Do you go by a nickname, middle name or other name of your choice?
This can be reflected on your ACT Card by taking a few additional steps and can be reverted at any time.

InfoChosen or Preferred Name Impact Statement

By selecting the chosen or preferred name option, you could be limiting your Action Card usage. State of Alabama voting sites, for example, may not accept your Action Card as proof of identification when voter registration rolls contain your legal name. It is advisable to carry a government-issued form of ID such as a driver’s license or passport with you in order to access resources that are not on The University of Alabama campus or to assist law enforcement in public safety matters. On campus, examples of where your legal name are necessary include, but are not limited to, financial aid documents, payroll, official transcripts, diplomas, and federal immigration documents. The University of Alabama is not responsible for limits placed on your Action Card usage at on and off-campus locations due to your selection of chosen or preferred name.

Updating your name

Before Photo Submission

Update name in myBama and check the chosen or preferred name box in Photo Submission to use your chosen or preferred name

No action is needed if you opted into using a chosen or preferred name during your photo submission.

To update your name at any time, edit the information under the View/Update Personal Information section in myBama.

After Photo Submission

Update name in myBama then confirm ACT Card use

If you submitted your photo prior to the addition of chosen or preferred name or didn’t opt in during photo submission, you will need to update your name in myBama then check the box acknowledging this choice under Enterprise Operations in the Student/Employee tab of myBama.

Middle names and initials will not show if the chosen or preferred name option is selected.

Update name

Name acknowledgement

Reverting to Legal Name

Decide you want to use your legal name? Need your ID to reflect a legal name for document pick up?

Uncheck the chosen or preferred name box under the Enterprise Operations in the Student/Employee tab of myBama. Your name will automatically revert to your legal name. You can turn the chosen or preferred name option back on as you’d like.

name acknowledgement

The University reserves the right to remove a chosen or preferred name if it contains inappropriate or offensive language.

Faculty, staff and students ineligible for mobile ACT Card

Faculty, staff and students ineligible for the mobile card will have their legal name, as designated in Banner, printed on their Action Card unless they specifically opt for chosen or preferred name, as designated in Banner, at the time they request their first or replacement Action Card.

First time requests

No charge

First time requests for an Action Card by an eligible cardholder will include chosen or preferred name option at no cost.

Replacement

$35 fee

Lost Action Card replacements will include the chosen or preferred option and the standard replacement fee applies.

Name replacement

$35 fee

Replacements due to cardholder’s preference to change printed name from legal to chosen or preferred, or changing from a prior chosen or preferred name to a new one will include the standard replacement fee per request.