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Creating an Account & Uploading Your Advance Directive

Create your account online and upload a PDF copy of your completed advance directive. Your advance directive must be complete, including all signatures, before it can be uploaded.

Once registered, you will receive annual reminders via email to review your advance directive and your emergency contact information. Your advance directive never expires so you are never required to update it, but you should check to make sure that your wishes have not changed. If you do need to make changes, you can complete and upload a new document at any time.

How To Upload Your Advance Directive

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Complete your advance directive. 

Before creating your account and uploading your directive, you must have a completed copy of your advance directive in PDF format. You cannot complete the document after it has been uploaded.

Instructions for Completing Your Advance Directive

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Enter Your Account Information

Create your account on the VADR website by entering your contact information and creating a username and password. You must have an email address to create your account online. If you don’t have an email address, submit your document via mail or fax.

Create Your Account

3

Upload Your Directive

Once your account is created, the next screen will instruct you on uploading the PDF of your completed directive. Your advance directive will need to be in PDF format before being uploaded. Please make sure that all the pages of your directive are included in the PDF. When scanning, use the multi-page function of the scanner to ensure that all pages are in one PDF.

4

Review & Approval

When your document is uploaded, it will be in ‘pending’ status until it is reviewed by VADR support staff. Our support team makes sure your document is complete and will notify you if there are any missing pages or signatures. Documents are only rejected if they are incomplete or improperly signed/witnessed. Once your document is approved, you will receive a confirmation letter via mail with your wallet ID card. At any time you can log into your account and check the status of your document.

Video Walkthrough: Creating Your Account

Video Walkthrough: Uploading Your Document

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