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Legal Guardian Photo ID

  • Valid Massachusetts driver’s license

  • Valid Massachusetts ID card

  • Passport

  • Military, school, or employment ID

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Student Birth Certificate

  • If shared custody

  • Otherwise, proof of legal guardianship from a court

  • OR proof of temporary custody from DCF

  • Caregiver affidavit NOT accepted

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One Proof of Residency
showing that you own or rent at a Boston address

  • Deed (Download yours by entering your address at masslandrecords.com/suffolk)

  • Most recent mortgage statement (dated within the past 60 days) or a property tax bill (dated with the last year)

  • Current lease (including BHA and HUD leases)

  • Section 8 agreement

  • Executed public housing recertification

  • Notarized Residency Affidavit (dated within the past 60 days)

Two Proofs of Occupancy
showing that you live at that Boston address (dated within the past 60 days)

  • Utility bill (Gas, electric, or oil bill; water/sewer bill not accepted)

  • Home telephone bill (landline only; cell phone bill not accepted)

  • Internet, satellite, or cable bill

  • Most Recent W-2

  • Bank OR credit card statement

  • Car registration, vehicle excise tax bill, or car insurance bill

  • Letter from an approved government agency (Departments of Revenue [DOR], Children and Family Services [DCF], Transitional Assistance [DTA], Youth Services [DYS], Social Security, any communications on Commonwealth of Massachusetts letterhead)

  • Letter from shelter (if homeless)

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