Faculty/Staff Parking Permits
A valid parking permit is required at all times when parking on campus. All permit hangtags issued prior to July 1, 2021, are no longer valid. Please dispose of your invalid permit and purchase a new product to continue parking on campus.
The campus will no longer be issuing physical permits for faculty, staff, and students - your license plate will serve as your virtual parking permit. When you purchase your permit, you'll be asked to register the vehicle you will be parking on campus. Your vehicle must be registered successfully prior to parking. You may update your license plate once per day in your myCommute account.
If you have a hybrid work schedule and commute to the UCI Main Campus for three days or less per week, we recommend signing up for the Sustainable Transportation (ST) Membership program as a telecommuter. You may supplement your incentive permits with the discounted day-use passes.
For your convenience, UCI Transportation has updated the myCommute online portal to process faculty and staff parking permit sales, ST membership applications, and transit product orders. Please log in with your UCInetID and password.
Permit Types
All UCI affiliates are not eligible to receive parking permits that are charged to the University funds. By paying for an employee's permit, the department would, in essence, be providing the individual with additional compensation. Receiving compensation without reporting to the Internal Revenue Service violates Federal and State tax laws.
Additional Information
Biweekly and monthly payroll deductions are usually processed on the 10th of every month. For biweekly paid employees, the monthly parking fee is divided across both paychecks. All employee deductions occur in arrears. Therefore, each deduction pays for the previous month's parking fees. Parking fees are deducted on a pre-tax basis only.
Qualifications
- You must be in the UCPath payroll system with an appointment of 50% or greater (no fellowships, grants, or without salary appointments).
- Your referenced appointment must be for a minimum of three months or longer as payroll deducted permits must be obtained for a minimum of three months.
- If your appointment is indefinite, you qualify for an indefinite permit. Your deductions will continue until you cancel your permit.
- Undergraduate student employees are not eligible for payroll deduction.
Cancellation
You are responsible to pay the monthly fee on your parking permit until you request a permit cancellation. To avoid continuing charges, cancel your permit through your myCommute account or email parking@uci.edu prior to the 10th of the month. Payroll deducted permits cancelled after the 10th will be charged the monthly parking rate.
For those faculty or staff who are retired and continuing services without compensation, Transportation and Distribution Services offers parking permits at half price. To purchase this permit, email permits@uci.edu. For questions related to obtaining an emeritus card, please contact the Center of Emeriti & Retirees.
I work 20 or more hours but my department didn't/won't enter me into the payroll system as 50% or more, can I still have my permit taken out on payroll deduction?
No. Even though that may be the case, the payroll deduction system cannot deduct employee's that are below 50%.
I am on a post-doc or on a fellowship can I qualify for payroll deduction?
No. Most post-doc and fellowships are paid through outside funding and not from university funds. We cannot payroll deduct outside funding sources.
I do not have my employee ID number yet can I still sign up for payroll deduction?
No. You will need to come into the Parking Office and purchase a monthly permit. Once your ID appears in the system you may sign up for payroll deduction.
I am an undergraduate student and I work on campus can I qualify for payroll deduction?
No. If you are a student you will not qualify for payroll deduction, because undergraduate appointments are usually below 50%.
I am a graduate student and I work as a Teaching/ Research Assistant can I qualify for payroll deduction?
Yes. As long as you are in the payroll system as 50% or more and are not working without salary or on a fellowship.
I am an emeriti professor can I still do payroll deduction?
No. If you are working without salary we cannot payroll deduct you.
If I do payroll deduction, do I pay for my parking in advance?
No. Payroll deduction is done in arrears which means on your paycheck you are paying for the month you previously parked.
What is the difference between having the monthly amount deducted on a pre-tax or post-tax basis?
The pre-tax option reduces your taxable income, which means your salary is taxed on a lower income on a monthly basis. The Post-tax option taxes your whole income.
How do I choose the pre-tax option?
Pre-tax is automatic, unless you choose to opt out of it.
When do I need to cancel my permit so I am not charged for the following month?
The cut-off date for payroll is the 10th of each month. You will need cancel your permit through your myCommute account or email parking@uci.edu prior to the 10th of the month to not be charged for parking that month.
I was on medical leave/sabbatical for the past few months and I didn't know I had to cancel my permit; can I now get a refund?
If you leave the University for any reason it is your responsibility to cancel your permit. When a person has an active permit on payroll deduction and the amount is not applied to a paycheck, the amount accumulates in a suspended account until another paycheck is issued. The total outstanding amount will then be taken out of your next paycheck.
Is my permit automatically cancelled when I leave the university?
No. Your permit is not cancelled until you have requested cancellation through your myCommute account or email parking@uci.edu
I came in on the 12th of the month do I have to pay for the whole month?
Yes. Your permit is prorated on a daily, weekly, or monthly rate, whichever is more economical. If you purchase a permit in the middle of the month and there are two or more weeks left in the month the monthly rate will apply.