In response to increased demand, the Badging Office has added time slots for badging appointments.

Please let your employees know to look for openings available after 3 p.m. – or on a Saturday – on the appointments web page. When appointments are available during those timeframes, they will be listed there. The walk-in queue is occasionally open after 3 p.m. as well.

Please also remind employees to come prepared with all application paperwork completed.

Recently naturalized U.S. citizens are experiencing lengthy delays in the time it takes to process their passport applications.

This is relevant to the security badging process at MSP because passport applicants must return their original documents as part of the passport application process, leaving the applicant without any work or citizenship documents.

In fact, we understand the passport application process has taken up to six months to complete in some cases.

With this in mind, please be aware of your job applicant's situation and counsel them to begin the airport badging process, whether for a new badge or renewal, prior to sending their original documents to a passport office.

We want everyone who wants and is eligible to work at the airport to be able to receive a badge without any more delay than is necessary. 

Between 100 and 180 people are signing up for badging appointments every day. However, nearly a quarter of those people are not showing up for their appointments.

While it is great news that so many people wish to work at MSP, when people don’t show up for their appointment, other prospective employees end up having to book appointments much further out than they should have to, leading to a cycle of people dropping out of process because it is taking too long to get an appointment.   

Another reason for delays in the badging process is that people are making mistakes on their applications leading to them to be rejected. People are also bringing in laminated Social Security cards. We cannot accept any laminated IDs.  

We all know we’re dealing with a very tough recruiting environment right now. Don’t let your hard work go to waste. Be sure your new and existing employees are following procedures for getting a security badge, and that they show up for their appointments.

If an employee needs to cancel their appointment, please instruct them to do so with as much advance notice as possible by following the instructions on the confirmation text they received after they initially scheduled the appointment. 

Advise employees to visit the Badging page at MyMSPConnect.com for a wealth of information about the application process and making an appointment.

We appreciate your assistance with this effort.