Students can request recurring passes directly, giving them more flexibility while helping staff save time and reduce manual work.
This article walks you through how to request a recurring pass and what to expect.
🔁 What Is a Recurring Pass?
A recurring pass is a pass that repeats on a regular schedule - daily, weekly, or on selected days. It’s useful for situations like recurring appointments, regular check-ins, or ongoing permissions.
Previously, students could only schedule or activate recurring passes. Now, students can also request them. (Updated May 25)
☝🏽Note - A pass should have the recurring option enabled from the school side. If you do not see the option to enable recurrence for a pass, please ask your school to make a pass recurring from the pass type setting.
🧑🎓 How to Request a Recurring Pass
Open the Pass Request screen in your student app
Select excuse/pass type (note: it must allow recurring from the school's side)
Set the start, end times, and fill in other required details
Under the Recurrence section at the end, select Recurring Pass
Select the days of the recurrence
Click on the drop-down arrow on the right 🆅 and it will reveal
🅢 🅜 🅣 🅦 🅣 🅕 🅢 Tap on the days you want the pass to repeat
In the example below, it's set for Wednesday and Friday
Choose how the recurrence should end:
Click on the drop-down arrow on the right 🆅 and it will reveal options
Never – continues until you manually stop it
On – ends on a specific date
After – ends after a set number of occurrences
Eg. 3 times as shown below means, it will repeat W, F, W.
Review your selections and tap Request Pass to submit them.
Request will be sent to school, once endorsed/approved by parents/staff, the first pass will be created right away, and future ones will follow your selected schedule.
View Recurring Pass Request
Students will see:
Once the request is created, you can see the details of the pass by
Click on View Pass/Excuse immediately after sending the request
Under the Passes section
On the Home Page
Under Notification
Auto-Creation After Approval
Once your request is approved by staff, future passes will automatically be created according to the recurrence you selected (e.g., every Wednesday and Friday).Manage or End Recurrence Anytime
You can tap on the active or scheduled pass and use the “End Recurrence” option if you no longer need it.
View immediately after requesting 
| Under the Pass section 
| On the Home Page 
| Under Notification  |
☝🏽Note - Activating and canceling a pass depends on the settings of the pass set by the school.
Staff will see:
A recurring icon next to your request
Full recurrence details in the request modal
A button labeled “Approve Recurring Pass”
Once approved, the pass will continue based on the pattern you set—no need to re-request each time.
🔚 Ending a Recurring Pass
You can stop a recurring pass at any time:
Open your existing pass request or schedule from the app.
Tap STOP Recurrence.
Confirm the action.
This stops any future passes from being created in the series.
Benefits
Reduces errors – details come straight from you
Greater flexibility – manage your recurring needs directly
If you don’t see the recurring pass option, it may not be enabled for that pass type. Contact your school admin or support team for help. Need more help? Reach out to us through the in-app chat or email support@orah.com.