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Before You Apply to Visit Someone at San Carlos Unit: A Step-by-Step Checklist

Visitation applications get delayed for reasons that are easy to avoid. Use this checklist before you submit so your San Carlos Unit application doesn't end up stuck as

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Before You Apply to Visit Someone at San Carlos Unit: A Step-by-Step Checklist

Don't submit a visitation application while the inmate is still in the intake process at Alhambra or Perryville. Not sure if they've cleared intake? Confirm their status first. Applying too early can set you back before your paperwork even gets looked at.

Before You Apply to Visit Someone at San Carlos Unit: A Step-by-Step Checklist

Fill in every single field on the application before you submit. ADCRR is clear about this - leaving blanks is one of the fastest ways to stall your application.

  • ✓ Double-check that no required boxes are left blank
  • ✓ Review any ID-number fields for missing digits or typos
  • ✓ Confirm addresses are fully entered (not cut off or partially filled)
  • ✓ Re-read your contact details to make sure they’re complete

If you're an adult applying for in-person, phone, or video visits, you'll pay a one-time, non-refundable $25 background check fee. Here's the catch: ADCRR must receive all fees and supporting documents within 30 days of your application date. Miss that window and your application is considered incomplete - it won't be processed. Treat your application date like a countdown and get everything in promptly.

30-Day Deadline: The $25 background check fee is one-time and non-refundable. ADCRR must receive all fees and required documents within 30 days of your application date, or your application won't be processed.

Build in time for approval. Once ADCRR receives your payment and documents, allow up to 60 days for processing.

Plan to pay the background check fee electronically - ADCRR requires it.

  • ✓ Your Application Visitor ID number (you’ll need it when submitting payment)

Have questions specific to San Carlos Unit? Email the unit's visitation contact: pv.car.vidvis@azadc.gov.

Once you're approved and ready to schedule a visit, check the San Carlos Unit's listing on the ADCRR visitation schedules site (listed as

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