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 LIST A Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Authorization |
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LIST B LIST C Documents that Establish Documents that Establish Identity Employment Authorization AND |
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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 |
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2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551) |
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3. Foreign passport that contains a temporary I-551 stamp or temporary I-551 printed notation on a machine- readable immigrant visa |
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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 |
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4. Employment Authorization Document that contains a photograph (Form I-766) |
2. Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545) |
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3. School ID card with a photograph |
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3. Certification of Report of Birth issued by the Department of State (Form DS-1350) |
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4. Voter’s registration card |
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5. U.S. Military card or draft record |
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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 |
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6. Military dependent’s ID card |
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7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card |
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8. Native American tribal document |
5. Native American tribal document |
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9. Driver’s license issued by a Canadian government authority |
6. U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197) |
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7. Identification Card for Use of Resident Citizen in the United States (Form I-179) |
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For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above: |
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8. Employment authorization document issued by the Department of Homeland Security |
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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 |
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10. School record or report card |
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11. Clinic, doctor, or hospital record |
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12. Day-care or nursery school record |
Examples of many of these documents appear in Part 8 of the Handbook for Employers (M-274).
Refer to the instructions for more information about acceptable receipts.