Enrichment · Life Skills

Every ID,
found and current.

A trip, a new job or a lost wallet is the worst time to learn a passport has six months left or nobody knows where the birth certificates are. List each document once, with only the last four characters of its number, and the renewals sort themselves by date.

Add a documentWhat you get
$5one-time · every device you sign in on
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Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Life skills kit, $29 for 28 items.

Your documents

The worked example is made up: a passport with 202 days left, a license without the REAL ID star, a child’s Social Security card and a green card in its renewal window. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Enrichment · Life Skills$5

What you finish with
A record per identity document: kind, whose, the last four characters only, issue and expiry dates, REAL ID status and where it is kept, plus four safekeeping checks. Lists documents by expiry; flags anything expired, a passport inside nine months, a green card inside the six-month I-90 window, a license without the REAL ID star, a full number saved by mistake and documents with no copy kept elsewhere.
Who it is for
Adults keeping track of a household’s documents, students heading to college or abroad, and adult children helping a parent.
Format
Browser inventory with a saved record per document. Prints one record, the whole inventory or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Life skills kit ($29) and the Enrichment Suite pass ($119), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Life Skills space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Gather the documents from wallets and drawers in one sitting.
  2. Enter only the last four characters of each number.
  3. Read the expiry list and renew from the top.
  4. Scan each document and keep the scans somewhere else.
  5. Tell one trusted person where the originals are.

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How long they last

How long each one lastsAdult passportValid 10 years; renew about 9 months before it expiresChild’s passport (under 16)Valid 5 yearsGreen cardValid 10 years; file Form I-90 within 6 months before it expiresDriver’s licenseSet by your state, often 4 to 8 yearsSocial Security cardDoes not expire; replacements are freeBirth certificateDoes not expireHow long each one lastsAdult passportValid 10 years; renew about 9 monthsbefore it expiresChild’s passport (under 16)Valid 5 yearsGreen cardValid 10 years; file Form I-90 within 6months before it expiresDriver’s licenseSet by your state, often 4 to 8 yearsSocial Security cardDoes not expire; replacements are freeBirth certificateDoes not expire
Conditional two-year green cards follow a different process (Form I-751), filed within 90 days before they expire.

If one is lost or stolen

Report a lost or stolen passport to the State Department right away (Form DS-64); it is cancelled and cannot be used again even if found. For a lost Social Security card, the bigger risk is the number: check your credit reports and consider a credit freeze, which is free.

Why only four characters

A full passport, license or Social Security number is what identity thieves need. The last four are enough to tell documents apart, and nothing here is sent anywhere, but printouts and exported files can travel.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of State. Renew an adult passport, Children under 16 and Report a lost or stolen passport (travel.state.gov).
  2. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Replace your green card, Form I-90 (uscis.gov).
  3. Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. REAL ID (tsa.gov/real-id).
  4. Social Security Administration. Replace your Social Security card (ssa.gov).

The worked example is made up. Renewal rules and processing times change; check the issuing agency before you travel or apply. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.