Note: If an employee is unable to print their I-94 from the CBP website they cannot fill out the I-9 and are
NOT eligible to begin work. Refer them to CBP website to correct this problem
(https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/request.html).
Section 1. Employee Information and Attestation
(Employees must complete, sign, and date Section 1 of Form I-9 no later than the first day of employment, but not before
accepting a job offer.)
1. Enter your full legal last name, first name, and middle initial. Your last name is your family name or
surname. If you have two last names or a hyphenated last name, include both names in the last name field.
Your first name is your given name. You middle initial is the first letter of your second given name, or the first
letter of your middle name, if any.
2. Enter your maiden name (if any). If you have had no other legal names, write “N/A”.
3. Enter your current living address, including Street Number and Name, Apartment Number (if applicable),
City, State, and Zip Code.
4. Enter your date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy).
5. Enter your U.S. social security number. Note: Leave SSN box blank if SSN is not available at the time of
hire.
6. Enter your e-mail address (Optional).
7. Enter your telephone number (Optional).
8. Check this box (that you are a foreign national authorized to work in the U.S.) if you are not a citizen or
national of the U.S. or a permanent resident (green card holder).
8a. Expiration date - Enter the "until" date from your Form I-94 (Departure Record).
8b. Enter your Alien Registration Number (A-Number)/USCIS Number.
OR
8c. Enter Form I-94 Admission Number (Departure Record).
9. Enter your Foreign Passport Number.
10. Enter Country of Issuance your passport.
11. Employee should sign.
12. Enter the date (mm/dd/yyyy) that you completed this form.
13. To be completed and signed if Section 1 is prepared by a person other than the employee.
Section 2. Employer or Authorized Representative Review and Verification
(Before completing Section 2, employers must ensure that Section 1 is completed properly and on time. Employers may not
ask an individual to completing Section 1 before he or she has accepted a job offer. Employer or their authorized
representative must complete and sign Section 2 within 3 business days of the employee’s first day of employment.)
The following is an example of how to fill out the I-9 form when choosing from List A, #5 (unexpired foreign passport).
14. Fill in Employee Last Name, First Name and Middle Name Initial from Section 1.
15. Document Title - Enter "Foreign Passport".
16. Issuing Authority - Enter country that issued the passport.
17. Document Number - Enter the passport number.
18. Expiration date - Enter date the passport expires.
19. Document Title – Enter Form I-94 (Departure Record).
20. Issuing Authority - Enter DHS (Department of Homeland Security).
21. Document # - Enter the Admission Record number from the Form I-94 (Departure Record).
22. Expiration date - Enter the “admit until date” from the Form I-94 (Departure Record).
23. Document Title – Leave blank
24. Issuing Authority – Leave blank.
25. Document # - Leave blank
26. Expiration date – Leave blank