HomeMy WebLinkAboutI-9 documents.pdfLISTS 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
2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien
Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
1. U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
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)
5. For a nonimmigrant alien authorized
to work for a specific employer
because of his or her status:
Documents that Establish
Both Identity and
Employment Authorization
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
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
For persons under age 18 who are
unable to present a document
listed above:
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
9. Driver's license issued by a Canadian
government authority
3. School ID card with a photograph
6. Military dependent's ID card
7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner
Card
8. Native American tribal document
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
Identity
LIST B
OR AND
LIST C
7. Employment authorization
document issued by the
Department of Homeland Security
1. A Social Security Account Number
card, unless the card includes one of
the following restrictions:
2. Certification of report of birth issued
by the Department of State (Forms
DS-1350, FS-545, FS-240)
3. Original or certified copy of birth
certificate issued by a State,
county, municipal authority, or
territory of the United States
bearing an official seal
4. Native American tribal document
6. Identification Card for Use of
Resident Citizen in the United
States (Form I-179)
Documents that Establish
Employment Authorization
5. U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
2) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
INS AUTHORIZATION
3) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
DHS AUTHORIZATION
1) NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT
Page 3 of3FormI-9 07/17/17 N
Examples of many of these documents appear in Part 13 of the Handbook for Employers (M-274).
Refer to the instructions for more information about acceptable receipts.