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How to Schedule Your First Visit at Emanuel Women's Facility (Step-by-Step)

Scheduling your first visit is straightforward once you know the steps. At Emanuel Women's Facility, you'll need to do two things: get approved as a visitor, then submit an online request for your visit date.

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How to Schedule Your First Visit at Emanuel Women's Facility (Step-by-Step)

Before you can visit, you need to be approved. Start by filling out the Visitation Request Form, available on the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) visitation information page. Submit the completed form directly to Emanuel Women's Facility - not to a central office or different prison.

Once you're approved, you'll need to request your actual visit time through the GDC visitation request form online. Don't skip this step - the paper form gets you approved, but the online form is how you book your visit.

  • ✓ Use the incarcerated person’s correct GDC ID number so your request routes to the right record.
  • ✓ Enter your name and personal details the same way you put them on your Visitation Request Form.
  • ✓ Double-check your email and phone number before submitting, since that’s tied to the scheduled-visit request.
  • ✓ Make sure you’ve submitted (or are submitting) the Visitation Request Form to Emanuel Women’s Facility, because approval is the first part of the process.

Want to visit on a weekend? Submit your request by 5:00 PM on Wednesday of that week. Miss the cutoff, and you'll be looking at the following weekend instead.

Holiday visits have a separate deadline: 5:00 PM three days before the state holiday. Plan ahead - these fill up, and the cutoff comes faster than you'd think.

Tip: Don't wait until the last minute. Submit your request a day or two before the deadline to give yourself a buffer.

How to Schedule Your First Visit at Emanuel Women's Facility (Step-by-Step)

Tips for Submitting Accurately

  • ✓ Confirm you’re using the correct GDC ID number for your loved one.
  • ✓ Make sure your name matches what you’ll use as a visitor (keep it consistent across forms).
  • ✓ Submit the Visitation Request Form to the facility where your loved one is incarcerated (Emanuel Women’s Facility).
  • ✓ After you submit the online scheduled-visit request, keep a record of what you entered so you can spot typos quickly if something doesn’t go through.

Double-check your details before submitting. A wrong ID number or mismatched name can delay everything. Remember: the Visitation Request Form goes to Emanuel Women's Facility to get you approved, and the online GDC form books your visit date.

After you submit your online request, check the GDC visitation pages for confirmation and any updates. That's where you'll see your visit status and find out if there's anything else you need to do.

  1. Re-check what you submitted - compare the GDC ID number and your personal details across the Visitation Request Form and the online scheduled-visit request.
  2. Follow up with the facility where your loved one is housed - Emanuel Women’s Facility is the right place to ask about your visitor approval status if you’re stuck.
  3. Submit the online request again if needed - once you’ve corrected any errors, use the GDC visitation request form to re-send the scheduled-visit request.

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