For Your Information: I-9 Employment Eligibility Documents
The documents identified below are acceptable to establish identity and employment eligibility.
Form I-9 requires that the
employee select and offers either a List A Document, OR a List B AND List C Document. Please note that on November 1, 2007
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a NEW I-9 Form .
List A --Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Eligibility:
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U.S. Passport (unexpired or expired)
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Unexpired foreign passport that contains a temporary I-551 stamp
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Alien Registration Receipt Card or Permanent Resident Card (INS Form I-551)
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Unexpired Employment Authorization Card that contains a photograph (Form I-766, Form I-688, Form I-688A, Form I-688B)
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For non-immigrants authorized to work for a specific employer: an unexpired fore
ign passport with an Arrival-Departure
Record, Form I-94, bearing an unexpired endorsement of the individual's nonimmigrant status.
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Unexpired foreign passport with a Machine Readable Immigrant Visa (MRIV) and unexpired temporary I-551 stamp (valid
until the expiration date set forth on the temporary I-551 stamp).
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Unexpired foreign passport with a MRIV containing temporary I-551 language and endorsed with an unexpired DHS admission
stamp (valid for one year from the date of admission).
List B --Documents that Establish Identity:
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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, sex, height, eye color, and address
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ID card issued by federal, state or local government agencies or entities provided it contains a photograph or information
height, eye color, and address
such as name, date of birth, sex,
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School ID card with a photograph
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Voter's registration card
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U.S. Military card or draft record
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Military dependent's ID card
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U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
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Native American tribal document
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Driver's license issued by a Canadian government authority
For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above:
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School record or report card
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Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
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Day-care or nursery school record.
List C --Documents that Establish Employment Eligibility:
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U.S. Social Security card issued by the Social Security Administration (other
than a card stating it is not valid for
employment or valid only with INS work authorization)
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Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545 or Form DS-1350)
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Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal authority or outlying possession of the
United States bearing an official seal
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Native American tribal document
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U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
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ID Card for use of Resident Citizen in the United States (Form I-179)
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Unexpired employment authorization document issued by the Department of Homeland Security (other than those listed
under List A), including (1) a Form I-94 identifying the holder as an asylee (by stating "asylum", "asylee" or appropriate
provision of law), or (2) other documentation issued by DHS (or the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)) that
identifies the holder as an asylee, lawful permanent resident, refugee (except for the Form I-94 identifying the holder as a
refugee, which is considered a receipt only), or other status authorized to work in the United States incident to status.