Verification of Release (VOR) Form and Card

Upon discharge from ORR care and release to a sponsor, all children receive a VOR form, which is a paper document that indicates a child has been processed through ORR custody and released to their vetted and approved adult sponsor.

The VOR card is a wallet-sized, plastic card version of the VOR form that is mailed to the child and sponsor’s home within 10 calendar days of the child’s discharge from ORR custody.

The VOR card does not replace the VOR form. In addition to the VOR card, ORR will continue to issue the VOR form to all unaccompanied children discharged from ORR custody into the care of a sponsor.

The VOR form and card may facilitate numerous activities in an unaccompanied child’s daily life, such as:

• Enrolling in school
• Engaging their attorneys
• Attending appointments with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
• Attending immigration court hearings
• Obtaining medical care or picking up prescription medication from a pharmacy
• Accessing benefits and resources for which they may be eligible
• Obtaining a municipal or state ID, where applicable

• The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO)—the same entity that prints U.S. Passports, federal Personal Identity Verification cards, and other federal documents—prints and distributes VOR cards for ORR. The VOR Card has more than a dozen hidden security features embedded within it. Additionally, the cards are printed using highly specialized, proprietary equipment that is not available to the general public, enabling GPO to implement robust counterfeit-proofing measures in the card design so that users can be confident that the cards they see are authentic.

• If needed, authenticating entities can contact ORR’s National Call Center to confirm that a child has been released from ORR custody. The National Call Center can be reached at 1 (800) 203-7001 or information@ORRNCC.com.

There is no cost to the child or their family to receive a VOR card. 

• When children are released to an approved sponsor, the VOR form and card may help facilitate numerous activities in a child’s daily life and bridge connections with local jurisdictions, businesses, and service providers. 
• The VOR card also serves as a resource for children who may need help, as it contains information about contacting ORR’s National Call Center (NCC). 
• ACF’s Office for Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) has observed that this card also serves as an anti-trafficking protective factor for children post-release by facilitating their access to critical resources and services for which they may be eligible.
• The VOR card in particular helps provide unaccompanied children with peace of mind and validation through convenient, official documentation that they have been legally processed through federal custody.

• Starting on December 5, 2024, all unaccompanied children who are released to a sponsor in the United States receive a VOR card. 
• Children do not receive a VOR form or VOR card while placed in ORR’s transitional and/or long-term foster care programs, since they remain in ORR custody, but do receive a VOR form and VOR card after they are discharged from ORR custody.

The VOR Card does not have an expiration date because it is based on the VOR paper form, which does not have expiration date. Its primary purpose is simply to document that the unaccompanied child has been legally processed through federal government custody.

Please refer to Field Guidance 25 (PDF) for more information.