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LISTS OF ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS
Illustrations of many of these documents appear in Part 8 of the Handbook for Employers (M-274).
For persons under age 18 who are
unable to present a document
listed above:
LIST A LIST B LIST C
2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien
Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
8. Employment authorization
document issued by the
Department of Homeland Security
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:
9. Driver's license issued by a Canadian
government authority
1. U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
2. Certification of Birth Abroad issued
by the Department of State (Form
FS-545)
3. Foreign passport that contains a
temporary I-551 stamp or temporary
I-551 printed notation on a machine-
readable immigrant visa
4. Employment Authorization Document
that contains a photograph (Form
I-766)
3. Certification of Report of Birth
issued by the Department of State
(Form DS-1350)
3. School ID card with a photograph
5. For a nonimmigrant alien authorized
to work for a specific employer
because of his or her status:
6. Military dependent's ID card
4. Original or certified copy of birth
certificate issued by a State,
county, municipal authority, or
territory of the United States
bearing an official seal
7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner
Card
5. Native American tribal document
8. Native American tribal document
7. Identification Card for Use of
Resident Citizen in the United
States (Form I-179)
10. School record or report card
11. Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
12. Day-care or nursery school record
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. Voter's registration card
5. U.S. Military card or draft record
Documents that Establish
Both Identity and
Employment Authorization
Documents that Establish
Identity
Documents that Establish
Employment Authorization
OR AND
All documents must be UNEXPIRED
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
6. U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
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
(2) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
INS AUTHORIZATION
(3) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
DHS AUTHORIZATION
(1) NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT
Refer to Section 2 of the instructions, titled "Employer or Authorized Representative Review
and Verification," for more information about acceptable receipts.
Employees may present one selection from List A
or a combination of one selection from List B and one selection from List C.