LISTS OF ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS
All documents must be UNEXPIRED
Employees may present one selection from List A
or a combination of one selection from List B and one selection from List C.
LIST A
Documents that Establish
Both Identity and
Employment Authorization
Documents that Establish
Identity
LIST B
OR AND
LIST C
Documents that Establish
Employment Authorization
1. U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
1. Driver's license or ID card issued by a
State or outlying possession of the
United States provided it contains a
photograph or information such as
name, date of birth, gender, height, eye
color, and address
1. A Social Security Account Number
card, unless the card
includes one of
the following restrictions:
(2) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
INS AUTHORIZATION
(3) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
DHS AUTHORIZATION
(1) NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT
2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien
Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
3. Foreign passport that contains a
temporary I-551 stamp or temporary
I-551 printed notation on a machine-
readable immigrant visa
2. ID card issued by federal, state or local
government agencies or entities,
provided it contains a photograph or
information such as name, date of birth,
gender, height, eye color, and address
4. Employment Authorization Document
that contains a photograph (Form
I-766)
2. Certification of report of birth issued
by the Department of State (Forms
DS-1350, FS-545, FS-240)
3. School ID card with a photograph
3. Original or certified copy of birth
certificate issued by a State,
county, municipal authority, or
territory of the United States
bearing an official seal
5. For a nonimmigrant alien authorized
to work for a specific employer
because of his or her status:
b. Form I-94 or Form I-94A that has
the following:
(1) The same name as the passport;
and
(2) An endorsement of the alien's
nonimmigrant status as long as
that period of endorsement has
not yet expired and the
proposed employment is not in
conflict with any restrictions or
limitations identified on the form.
a. Foreign passport; and
4. Voter's registration card
5. U.S. Military card or draft record
6. Military dependent's ID card
4. Native American tribal document
7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner
Card
5. U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
8. Native American tribal document
6. Identification Card for Use of
Resident Citizen in the United
States (Form I-179)
9. Driver's license issued by a Canadian
government authority
For persons under age 18 who are
unable to present a document
listed above:
7. Employment authorization
document issued by the
Department of Homeland Security
6. Passport from the Federated States
of Micronesia (FSM) or the Republic
of the Marshall Islands (RMI) with
Form I-94 or Form I-94A indicating
nonimmigrant admission under the
Compact of Free Association Between
the United States and the FSM or RMI
10. School record or report card
11. Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
12. Day-care or nursery school record
Examples of many of these documents appear in the Handbook for Employers (M-274).
Refer to the instructions for more information about acceptable receipts.
Form I-9 10/21/2019
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