Federal Guidelines

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acceptable Documentation

To provide proof of identity and employment eligibility, a new employee must provide either one document from list A or one each from lists B and C. Documents must be originals or certified copies as specified.

List A: Documents that establish both identity and employment eligibility (Providing one document from this list fulfills all requirements.)

• United States Passport (unexpired or expired)
• Unexpired Foreign Passport with a temporary I-551 stamp
• Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (form I-551)
• Unexpired Employment Authorization Card that contains a photograph (Form I-766, I-688, I-688A, I-688B)
• An unexpired foreign passport with an unexpired Arrival-Departure Record, Form I-94, bearing the same name as the passport and containing an endorsement of the alien's nonimmigrant status, if that status authorizes the alien to work for the employer

List B: Documents that establish identity (To fulfill requirements, one document from this list must accompany one document from list C.)

• 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
• 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
• School ID card with a photograph
• Voter's Registration Card
• U.S. military card or draft record
• Military dependent's ID card
• U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
• Native American tribal document
• Driver's license issued by a Canadian government authority

For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above

• School record or report card
• Clinic, doctor. or hospital record
• Day-care or nursery school record

List C: Documents that establish employment eligibility (To fulfill requirements, one document from this list must accompany one document from list B.)

• U.S. social security card issued by the Social Security Administration (other than a card stating it is invalid for employment)
• Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545 or Form DS-1350)
• 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
• Native American tribal document
• U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
• ID card for use of Resident Citizen in the United States (Form I-179)
• Unexpired employment authorization document issued by the Department of Homeland Security (other than those in list A)