T SA Pre C h e ck™ for TWIC

Enrollment Services & Vetting Programs

Transportation Security Administration

6595 Springfield Drive

Springfield, VA 20598-6051

For TSA PreCheck

information, please visit: https://www.tsa.gov/precheck. visit tsa.gov

Qualifying Transportation Worker

Identification Credential (TWIC

)

holders are now eligible for TSA

PreCheck

at no cost and no extra

enrollment. The Transportation Security

Administration (TSA) has identified

efficiencies across vetting programs,

eliminating redundancies, and reducing

the administrative and cost burdens to

applicants for vetting and credentialing.

The TWIC

Program is a regulated

vetting program that requires TSA to

conduct a Security Threat Assessment

(STA) to determine if an individual

requiring specific transportation-related

access poses a threat to national or

transportation security. Given the

similarity to the threat assessment

performed on TSA PreCheck members,

many TWIC

applicants meet the

criteria for the TSA PreCheck

Application Program and may be

eligible for expedited security screening.

In addition to having a valid STA, the

credential holder must meet citizenship

and residency requirements, and the

credential must have been approved

without a waiver. TWIC

cardholders

must use an active TWIC

Credential

Identification Number (CIN) that has not

been canceled. The CIN is printed on

the back of each TWIC® card on the left

side under the 1D barcode.

TSA will notify eligible TWIC

holders

via the TSA public website; stakeholder

events; TWIC

mailing documents;

customer service representatives; and

Federal, State, and local partners. TSA

developed the following FAQs to initiate

outreach to eligible transportation

workers.

Transportation Worker Identification

Credential (TWIC

) Program

Q: Does my TWIC

enrollment include access to

TSA PreCheck

A: If you have an active (unexpired) TWIC

card and

meet the eligibility requirements for the TSA PreCheck

Application Program, you are eligible for expedited

security screening using your TWIC

card’s CIN in the

appropriate known traveler number (KTN) field of your

airline reservations and airline profiles.

Q: Are all TWIC

cardholders eligible for TSA

PreCheck

A: No. Only active TWIC

cardholders who meet the

TSA PreCheck Application Program’s eligibility

requirements may obtain TSA PreCheck.

Eligibility for TSA PreCheck Application Program

membership is only open to U.S. Citizens, U.S.

nationals, and lawful permanent residents.

Active TWIC

cardholders who obtained a TWIC

via a

waiver from TSA are not eligible for TSA PreCheck.

Q: Do I need to apply for TSA PreCheck

separate

from my TWIC

enrollment?

A: No. Active TWIC

cardholders who meet the TSA

PreCheck Application Program’s eligibility

requirements will be eligible for TSA PreCheck without

a separate enrollment in the TSA PreCheck Application

Program.

Q: How much does it cost to add TSA PreCheck

eligibility to my TWIC

enrollment?

A: There is no additional cost to eligible TWIC

cardholders for TSA PreCheck. Where eligible, TSA

PreCheck expedited screening is included with the

TWIC

enrollment.

Q: Will I receive a known traveler number (KTN)? A:

No. The TWIC

CIN will serve as the KTN. Active

TWIC

cardholders will not receive a separate KTN

from TSA. TWIC

cardholders eligible for TSA

PreCheck must include the CIN printed on their TWIC

card in the Known Traveler Number (KTN) field of each

reservation made with a participating airline or in airline

profiles.

TSA PreCheck™ for TWIC

| FAQs

For TSA PreCheck

information, please visit: https://www.tsa.gov/precheck. visit tsa.gov

You should also add the TWIC

CIN as your KTN when

booking reservations online via a participating airline

website, by phone with an airline reservation agent, or

with the travel management company making

reservations. Your CIN serves as your KTN, so save

your TWIC

CIN to any frequent flyer profiles, employer

booking systems, or online travel websites that you

use. Ensure that your name and date of birth on your

flight reservation and airline profiles matches your

name and date of birth provided when you applied for

your TWIC

Q: Where can I find the Credential Identification

Number (CIN) on my TWIC

A: The CIN is printed on the back of each TWIC® card

on the left side under the 1D barcode.(See images

below with CIN location circled.) The CIN is also

printed on the lower left-hand corner of the card mailing

that you received with your TWIC

card.

Images of TWIC

Card Back

Q: Can I look up my TWIC

CIN online?

A: No. The CIN is printed on back of the TWIC® card

on the left side under the 1D barcode.

Q: How will I know that I have TSA PreCheck

? A:

Participating airlines print a TSA PreCheck indicator

directly on your boarding pass if you are eligible for

TSA PreCheck on that flight based on your submitted

CIN as your KTN. If you do not

have a valid boarding

pass with the TSA PreCheck indicator printed on your

boarding pass, you may not access the TSA PreCheck

lane.

Q: Can I use my TWIC

card to enter the TSA

PreCheck

lane at the airport?

A: To enter the TSA PreCheck lane, you must present a

valid boarding pass with a TSA PreCheck indicator

printed on the boarding pass. If you do not have a valid

boarding pass with the TSA PreCheck indicator printed

on your boarding pass, you may not access the TSA

PreCheck lane. Your TWIC

can continue to serve as

valid checkpoint identification.

Q: Will a TSA PreCheck

indicator be printed on

my TWIC

card?

A: No. A TSA PreCheck indicator will be printed on your

boarding pass if you are eligible for TSA PreCheck on

your flight.

Q: Does the name and date of birth on my airline

reservation have to match the name on my TWIC

card?

A: Yes. The name and date of birth submitted on your

airline reservation must be an exact match to the name

and date of birth printed on your TWIC

card. If you use

a frequent flyer account or online travel profile, ensure

that your name is properly saved.

Q: I am both a TSA PreCheck

Application

Program member and active TWIC

cardholder.

Should I use my KTN or TWIC

CIN for my airline

reservation?

A: Both your KTN and TWIC

CIN are valid to obtain

TSA PreCheck eligibility. You may enter either the TSA

PreCheck KTN or CIN into your airline reservation.

Q: Where can I find more information on TSA

PreCheck

A: Please visit https://www.tsa.gov/precheck

for more

information on TSA PreCheck.

TSA PreCheck

™

Eligibility for TWIC

FAQ

Updated: July 26, 2024.