CE - How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit
How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit
College of Continuing Education Students
Students who are currently enrolled in College of Continuing Education can buy one parking permit for a car and one parking permit for a motorcycle each academic term (Summer, Fall, Spring).
Are you a student at City, Mesa, or Miramar College? See How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit-City, Mesa, Miramar Colleges
Before you begin:
See What to know before you purchase page
Need to update your vehicle information?
If you get a new vehicle or drive a different one, please update your vehicle information [link].
Troubleshooting:
If you began to order a permit, but were charged an incorrect amount, then later the correction was made, you need to delete the incorrect permit from your cart before ordering again [link].
Instructions:
Log in to student portal: myportal.sdccd.edu
Type in your “Username”. This is your 10-digit student ID number
Type in your “password”.
Click “Sign In”
Note: Need help signing in to mySDCCD? Click the “Student Help” button at the bottom of the log in screen.
Click “CE Student Dashboard” tile
If you do not see the navigation menu on the left, click this symbol to expand the menu:
Left navigation menu looks like this.
Click “My Finances”. Click “Parking Permit”
Confirm that your name and ID appear in “Student Data”.
Click “Enter” to be redirected to the getaPERMIT site.
(It may take a few seconds to connect, and it may look like nothing is happening.)
On the “Information Panel”:
Review your student information.
Enter your student email address in “Verify Email” field, then click “NEXT”.
Note: If your student email address changes after you have purchased your permit, contact Parking Services at parking@sdccd.edu to link your permit to your new student email.
Select the permit and click NEXT.
Choose “Student Permit-Virtual” for car, truck, or van.
Choose “Student Motorcycle-Virtual” for a motorcycle.
There are no additional fees for processing, shipping or handling.
Enter the vehicle License plate number, Make, and Color.
Enter your license plate number carefully! Mistakes can result in a ticket.
If your license plate is issued by a state outside California, choose the correct state.
Click “NEXT”.
Review your order.
Review “Terms of Sale” and “Privacy Policy” and check the box indicating you agree.
Click “PAY NOW BY CREDIT CARD” to proceed to payment screen and complete your purchase. Skip to Step 10.
Note: If you want to pay with cash, click the button that says “PAY CASHIER”. This will hold your vehicle information in your shopping cart. Then, you will need to pay in person. Your permit will not work until your payment is received in one of the following locations.
These campuses accept cash in the following offices:
City College Police V-100
Mesa College Police Q-100
Miramar College Police T-100
ECC – Student Services Center
These campuses accept receipts from cash deposited in permit machines:
César E. Chávez Student Services
Mid-City Student Services
North City Student Services
West City Student Services
Enter credit or debit card payment information.
You can choose where your confirmation email is sent. If you prefer it to go to your personal email instead of your student email, you can change the email on this page.
Click “Pay”.
Payment completed successfully.
Click “Continue”.
Permit Successfully Ordered.
Your license plate is the permit number. There is nothing to display on your vehicle.
Process is complete. Click “Home” icon in top right corner to return to Student Dashboard.
More information about Parking Permits
Parking Services Contact Information:
619-388-6416 Monday - Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to noon
or email parking@sdccd.edu
Troubleshooting:
A. Permit Discount Added After Permit is in Cart
If you began to order a permit, but were charged an incorrect amount, then later the correction was made, you need to delete the incorrect permit from your cart before ordering again.
Step A1
Follow steps 1 through 6 above to access your Virtual Permit Cart Items page.
Click the “trash” icon under “Delete Item.”
Step A2
A pop-up window will ask, “Are you sure you want to delete this record?” Click “Yes, delete it!”
Step A3
Click ADD PERMIT
Step A4
Verify that the permit price is correct, and continue to order the permit, as in step 7 through step 12 above.