How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit-CE
How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit
College of Continuing Education Students
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
Need to update your vehicle information?
Students who are currently enrolled can buy one parking permit for a car and one parking permit for a motorcycle each academic term (Summer, Fall, Spring).
If you get a new vehicle or drive a different one, please update your vehicle information.
Instructions:
Step 1
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
Need help signing in to mySDCCD? Click the “Student Help” button at the bottom of the log in screen.
Step 2
Click CE Student Dashboard tile
Step 3
If you do not see the navigation menu on the left, click this symbol to expand the menu:
Left navigation menu looks like this.
Step 4
Click My Finances
Click Parking Permit
Step 5
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.)
Step 6
On the Information Panel:
Review your student information.
Enter your student email address in Verify Email field, then click NEXT.
Step 7
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.
Step 8
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.
Step 9
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.
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
Step 10
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.
Step 11
Payment completed successfully.
Click Continue.
Step 12
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
Instructions for updating permit information
Step 13
To review and edit your vehicle information on an existing permit, follow the same steps to enter the getaPERMIT site described in Steps 1-6 of this document.
mySDCCD portal
CE Student Dashboard tile
On left navigation bar: My Finances/Parking Permit
Get a Virtual Parking Permit, click ENTER
Verify Student Email, Click ENTER.
Step 14
In your Permit List:
Click the car icon under “Action” to edit the vehicle information for that permit.
Step 15
Click the Edit button.
Click NEXT.
Step 16
Enter the updated vehicle information. Click UPDATE.
Step 17
On Change Vehicle Pop-Up window, verify new vehicle information and click CONTINUE.
Step 18
Vehicle updated successfully. Click “Home” icon at top right to return to Student Dashboard.
End of process.
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.