CITCard Application Form

CIT Students can apply for their CITCard online by completing this form. The CITCard is your student identity card. To get your CITCard you MUST have paid your Services & Amenities fees. Please allow up to five (5) working days for our CIT Student Services team to process your application and send the CITCard to your nominated location. To apply for your CITCard you must upload a photo of yourself following the instructions below.

Warning: Unacceptable photos will delay the processing of your application.

CIT Number

First Name

Last Name

Date of Birth

Email Address

Location for Collection

Upload ID Photo

CITCard Colour

CITCard Colours

Students have a selection of five CITCard colours to choose from, as shown below. Please specify your preferred CITCard colour in your application.

CIT_Card_options

Photo Upload

You must provide a recent colour photograph of yourself with your CITCard application.

Warning: Unacceptable photos will delay the processing of your application.

The following guidelines will help you provide suitable photographs, so that your application is not delayed by having to submit new photographs in the required format.

General requirements

show your head and top of shoulders close up
be good quality colour
have plain, light-coloured background (e.g. cream, pale blue or white)
be appropriate brightness and contrast showing your skin tones naturally
have uniform lighting (no shadows across or behind the face)
be a clear and sharply focused image.
show your shoulders square on (not looking over shoulder)
show your face looking straight at the camera, not tilted sideways or up or down
show the edges of your face (hair out of face)
show your eyes open and clearly visible, (nothing obscuring eyes, including hair)
not show any shadows or 'red eye'
not show any reflections on glasses or face
show no head coverings (except for religious purposes).
Be a .jpg/.jpeg file type
Be no bigger than 3MB

Head coverings

The photograph must show you without any hat or other head covering. However, if you wear a head covering for religious reasons we will accept a photograph of you wearing it, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.

Glasses

It is preferable that you do not wear your glasses in your CITCard photo. However, you may do so if you wish. If you do choose to wear glasses:

They must show your eyes clearly
There should be no flash reflection off the glasses
Lenses should not be tinted
Frames should not cover any part of your eyes.