SECURITY Create Account

Setting Up Your Account

There are three more steps to setting up a secure account. Keep in mind that this is a secure website. By law, we must keep your information private and secure.

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Some items have a star (*) next to them. You must fill these items in before you can create your account.

Step 1: Your Name

Please fill in your name below.

First Name :

Middle Initial :

Last Name :

Step 2: User ID and Password

To log in to your account, you will need to create a user ID and password. For both of these, you should choose something that's easy for you to remember but hard for other people to guess.

Keep in mind that you will need your user ID and password as you start your online application. So, please remember these details.

User ID :

Your User ID must be 5 to 20 letters and/or numbers.

Password :

Your password must be a minimum of 8 characters.

It must contain a minimum of three of the following:

one capital letter,
one lower case,
one special character (! @ # $ % & *), and
one numeral

Passwords cannot be used consecutively. The same password cannot be used for 24 change cycles.

Do not use your User ID or your name.

System Security policies require you to change your password every 180 days.

Please re-type your Password :

Step 3: Secret Questions

We are also asking two "secret questions" that you can use if you ever need to recover your password. Click on the box to choose a question that only you know the answer to. Then fill in your answer. Please remember the answer you give, since you will need to type it in exactly the same way if you lose your password.

Secret Question 1 :

Answer to Secret Question 1 :

Secret Question 2 :

Answer to Secret Question 2 :

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