How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit—City, Mesa, Miramar Colleges
How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit
For San Diego City, Mesa, and Miramar College students
Are you a College of Continuing Education student? How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit-CE
Before you begin:
See What to know before you purchase
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. see https://mysdccd.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MYS/pages/2856878133/How+to+Purchase+a+Virtual+Parking+Permit+City+Mesa+Miramar+Colleges#Troubleshooting%3A.1
Need to update your vehicle information?
If you get a new vehicle or drive a different one, please update your vehicle information [link].
How to Purchase a Virtual Parking Permit:
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).
Instructions:
Login to http://my.sdccd.edu and click on the "College Student Dashboard"
If you do not see the navigation menu on the left, click the tab with two parallel lines to expand the menu:
Left navigation menu looks like this.
Navigate to “My Finances”, then click “Parking Permit”
4. 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.
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 tp 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
If another department (like Veterans Chapter 31 or EOPS) pays for your permit, the cost will show as $0. If it doesn't, contact that program. They will work with Student Accounting to correct it. Then, you will need to delete the incorrect permit from your cart. See Troubleshooting A below.
Enter 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:
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.
Instructions:
Follow steps 1 through 5 above to access your Virtual Permit Cart Items page.
Click the “trash” icon under “Delete Item.”
A pop-up window will ask, “Are you sure you want to delete this record?” Click “Yes, delete it!”
Click ADD PERMIT
Verify that the permit price is correct, and continue to order the permit, as in steps 6 through step 12 above.