{"id":2567,"date":"2023-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bocatc.org.user.server321.com\/boc-exam-day-tip-boc-profile-name-must-match-legal-name\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T19:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T19:43:37","slug":"boc-exam-day-tip-boc-profile-name-must-match-legal-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bocatc.org\/newsroom\/boc-exam-day-tip-boc-profile-name-must-match-legal-name\/","title":{"rendered":"BOC Exam Day Tip: BOC Profile Name Must Match Legal Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; width: 323px; height: 216px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bocatc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/iStock-993024040_-_In_Article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Candidates not using the correct legal name listed on a government-issued photo ID when creating their BOC profile is one of the most common mistakes. On exam day, candidates must present both their government-issued photo ID and exam admission ticket that is generated from their BOC profile- and both names are required to match. <u>If candidates use a nickname or shortened name they will not be admitted into the BOC exam. <\/u>Today, we will break down this common error and how to avoid it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legal Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your legal name is the first and last name (including any suffix such as Jr, Sr, I, II, III, etc.) as it appears on a valid, government-issued photo ID (i.e., driver&#8217;s license, passport, state-issued ID).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Government-Issued Photo ID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A government-issued photo ID must meet all the following requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be an original document; photocopied documents, electronic images and temporary IDs are NOT accepted<\/li>\n<li>Be valid; expired documents (bearing expiration dates that have passed) are not acceptable<\/li>\n<li>Include a recent, recognizable photograph<\/li>\n<li>Include your signature (the name and signature on the ID document must match)<\/li>\n<li>School IDs are NOT accepted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BOC Profile and Exam Admission Ticket<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To create a BOC profile, candidates are required to enter their legal first, last name and suffix as it appears on a valid, government-issued photo ID. Candidates who have a change of name (e.g., marriage, divorce, second last name, suffix) are required to notify the BOC by completing the name change request found in their <a href=\"https:\/\/cert.bocatc.org\/bocssa\/f?p=STDSSA:101:::::P101_VC,P101_CONTEXT,CUST_CONTEXT,G_SUCCESS_URL:,,,ssaauthmenu.show_top_menu:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BOC profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exam Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As stated above, a candidate&#8217;s legal first, last name and suffix as it appears on a valid, government-issued photo ID must match the name reflected on the exam admission ticket generated from your BOC profile. As mentioned above, if candidates use a nickname or shortened name they will not be admitted into the exam.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>MUST MATCH<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">Government-Issued Photo ID<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">BOC Profile Name (Admission Ticket on Exam Day)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Legal first, last name and suffix exactly as it appears on their valid government-issued photo ID (acceptable IDs include driver&#8217;s licenses, passports and state-issued IDs). School IDs will not be accepted.<\/td>\n<td>BOC profile name under &#8220;Personal Information&#8221; is used to generate the candidate&#8217;s admission ticket on exam day.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Candidates not using the correct legal name listed on a government-issued photo ID when creating their BOC profile is one of the most common mistakes. On exam day, candidates must present both their government-issued photo ID and exam admission ticket&#8230; <div class=\"more\"><a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/bocatc.org\/newsroom\/boc-exam-day-tip-boc-profile-name-must-match-legal-name\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8,10],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-2567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom","category-educators","category-boc-news","tag-boc-exam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BOC Exam Day Tip: BOC Profile Name Must Match Legal Name - Board of Certification for The Athletic Trainer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bocatc.org\/newsroom\/boc-exam-day-tip-boc-profile-name-must-match-legal-name\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BOC Exam Day Tip: BOC Profile Name Must Match Legal Name - Board of Certification for The Athletic Trainer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Candidates not using the correct legal name listed on a government-issued photo ID when creating their BOC profile is one of the most common mistakes. 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