Invited Guest permits are available only for departmental use, and are not sold to individuals. Departments may buy as many as they need for their anticipated guests prior to the event. There is no limit to how many permits you may purchase, but departments should buy only what they can reasonably use over several months, and replenish supplies as needed.
Invited Guest Permits are valid for up to three years.
How to Purchase an Invited Guest Permit
There are two types of Invited Guest permits. They are both daily scratch-off hangtags.
- C Invited Guest Permit
- F Invited Guest permit
Each permit is valid for one day only, and is activated by clearly scratching off the date of use. All scratch-off hangtags are non-refundable, and all sales are final.
Current prices and parking access information for Invited Guest permits is available on the Parking Permit List page.
Departments must pay for guest permits through chargeback using an Interdepartmental Order/Charge Form (formerly IOC). This form is used for departments to record inter-departmental charges between UC Berkeley departments. There are two forms that may be used to purchase Invited Guest permits, both of which use a chargeback billing method:
- Interdepartmental Order/Charge Form (formerly IOC) – Excel
- Departmental Reserved Parking Form
- Departmental Permit Parking Form
Note: Campus practice recommends that the department receiving the credit should prepare the financial journal
Department requests will be processed within 24 hours of receipt.
Conditions of Use
Invited Guest hangtag permits must be used for departmental visitors only. They cannot be used for parking at Special Events.
Invited Guest permits may not be issued to individual employees or students for their personal use, or for commute parking*
*It is against UC Policy for a Department to purchase an employee’s parking permit with UC funds (see Campus Administrative Memo regarding “Limitation on Use of Funds for Parking” – 9/5/00). By paying for an employee’s parking, the department would, in essence, be providing the individual with additional compensation. Receiving this “compensation” without reporting to the Internal Revenue Service violates Federal and State tax laws.
Duplication, alteration or misuse of an Invited Guest permit may result in a citation and/or revocation of parking privileges.
The purchasing department is responsible for appropriate use of all Invited Guest permits until they are either returned to the Parking and Transportation office or until they expire.