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Reduced Fare Form: Youth (Ages 6-18)

Guardians: Please fill out the application form below. Be sure to have the eligibility document and photograph for your dependent ready to upload.

* Indicates required field

1. Guardian's Wave Account Information

Please enter the email address and password linked to your Wave account for verification purposes.

2. Select Youth's School

If their school is not listed, select "Other".

3. Upload Youth’s Eligibility Document
The following documents are eligible for approval. Please select a document and upload it.

NOTE: Eligibility document is only used for verification purposes and will not be retained.

Select the eligibility document that you will upload: *
File must be BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PNG or PDF format and file size is less than 5 MB
4. Upload Youth’s Photograph

Photo Guidelines

A recent photograph is necessary to complete the youth’s application, even if the youth’s eligibility document includes a photo. Applications with photos that do not meet the guidelines will be rejected.

  • The individual in the photo must be the youth
  • Full face only, similar to a passport photo
  • No hats or sunglasses
  • Must use a plain white or off-white background only
  • A high resolution, color photograph is required
Acceptable
Acceptable photo example
Unacceptable
Unacceptable photo example
File must be BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPG, or PNG format and file size is less than 5 MB
5. Card Information
Do You Have a Physical Wave Card? *
Providing this number will allow us to apply your reduced fare to your current virtual Wave card and you will not be mailed a new card.
Please enter the card number of the physical Wave card you want to link your reduced fare status to. Only one card can be linked to your reduced fare status at one time.
Please enter the PIN number associated with the card number you entered above.

Upon application approval, your new Wave card will be linked with your reduced fare status to your account and mailed to you within 10-14 business days. You can then add value to your card in your account or at a participating retailer. Your initial reduced fare Wave card will be free of charge.

6. Youth Information
7. Agreements

By submitting this application, I understand that the youth may lose the use of their youth reduced fare status if we do not abide by the conditions of the OCTA Reduced Fare Program. View Conditions of Use and Privacy Notice.

The Orange County Transportation Authority reserves the right to make final reduced fare eligibility determination. This application is for internal use only and will not be subject to public review. It is understood that the issuance of OCTA’s reduced fare status is intended for the applicant only and cannot be shared with another person. If an application is denied, the applicant must submit a written appeal within 14 days of denial notification requesting a review and reconsideration of the application.

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