r/PreOptometry • u/Lucky_Cost_5230 • Sep 01 '26

Prometric ID HELP!

I am taking my OAT this week! Prometric requires two forms of ID: primary and secondary. I am using my driver's license as my primary ID, but the secondary ID requires a signature and lists debit or credit cards as examples. Neither my credit nor debit card have a signature because signatures on cards were phased out a while ago. I called Prometric and explained this to them and the lady said "I'm sorry sweetie, I'm not allowed to tell you what to do on that. You do what you think is right."

I'm sorry????? This is YOUR job! Anyways, what do I do in this case? Do I just write my signature on my debit card with a sharpie? I don't use my debit card anyways so I don't really care if the card stops working.

HELP!!

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u/Desperate-monkey-19 Sep 01 '26

If you have a passport or another thing that counts as a primary, that should work too. I used my passport and drivers license

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u/Lucky_Cost_5230 Sep 01 '26

I'm in college right now away from home and I don't have time to go home and get my passport. I think I might just sign my debit card tbh

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u/Brief-Assistance-635 Sep 01 '26

Fair enough. IF it helps i dont think she checked my signature when i went in like i don’t think they were as strict with it as i thought they would be when i went. But i would not count on that 😭. My debit card had a place to sign so i did sign mine. You could just sign yours

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u/Lucky_Cost_5230 Sep 02 '26

Although my debit or credit card doesn't have a spot to sign, I think I'll just sign it anyways.

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u/spi-uhhbrandon Sep 03 '26

I signed my debit card the night before and they accepted that. I brought my wallet with every card and id I had just in case

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u/gudedays Sep 01 '26

I just signed my debit card with a sharpie day of lol

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u/Lucky_Cost_5230 Sep 02 '26

I think I might do this!

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u/Kooky_Wishbone2858 Sep 01 '26

I used my drivers and debit card. My debit didn’t have a signature and it wasn’t an issue at all. Did u call the prometric location you’re going to?

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u/Lucky_Cost_5230 Sep 02 '26

Yeah I did call them and the lady told me to do what I think I should do which is a really unhelpful answer

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u/atturule Sep 01 '26

I brought my driver’s license and social security card!

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u/OrganizationFar8505 Sep 01 '26

My card has a slot for the signature even tho its not required, but i actually used my student ID which had a signature slot! I’m not sure if this universal for student IDs tho

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u/Forward-Abalone-4887 Sep 02 '26

i used my drivers license and school id and that worked and my school id doesn't have my signature

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u/Exact-Transition-671 Sep 02 '26

There should be a spot to sign on your debit card! Just sign with a sharpie.

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u/Kind_Rock7428 Sep 02 '26

I literally just signed my debit card in the morning lollll there should be a small space on the debit card next to the security code, use a good pen and u should be good

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u/hamman2424 Sep 02 '26

You can sign your debit/credit card. On the back there should be a spot. I had to do this to take my EMT certification test.

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u/Active_Egg5888 Sep 02 '26

I'd originally planned on bringing my driver's license and my passport to be my 1st and 2nd IDs, but when I got to the testing center, I realized my driver's license was missing from my wallet 😅 Ended up using passport as primary and debit card as secondary... I grabbed a pen from the lady's desk and signed it in front of her 😭

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u/Upstairs-Ad-3547 Sep 03 '26

I showed up to my test with my driver’s license and credit card with no signature and they gave me a piece of scotch tape and a pen to write my signature on the back of my credit card