You will automatically get a Blue Badge if you: • are under 16 and have a letter confirming your eligibility from your visual impairment care team • are 16 or over and registered or certified as severely sight impaired • get the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance • get Personal Independence Payment and scored 8 points or more in the 'moving around' area of your assessment • get Personal Independence Payment and scored 12 points in the 'planning and following a journey' area of your assessment • get Personal Independence Payment and used to get the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance on an indefinite or lifetime basis • get Personal Independence Payment, used to get the higher rate of the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance, and your Personal Independence Payment decision is being appealed • get Adult Disability Payment and have been awarded mobility points of either 8 points or more in the Moving Around activity, or 12 points in the 2 Planning and Following a Journey activity, or enhanced rate mobility under special rules for terminal illness • get the higher rate of the mobility component of Child Disability Payment • get War Pensioners' Mobility Supplement • got a lump sum payment from tariffs 1 to 8 of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and have been certified as having a permanent and substantial disability.