When beginning work, new employees must produce, on their first day, EITHER:
- one document from List A OR
- two documents: one EACH from List B and List C
NOTE: Must be original documents... photocopies are not acceptable.
List A
Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Eligibility
- U.S. Passport (unexpired)
- Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
- An unexpired Foreign passport that contains a temporary I-551 stamp or temporary I-551 printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa
- An unexpired Employment Authorization Document that contains a photograph (Form I-766)
- In the case of a nonimmigrant alien authorized to work for a specific employer incident to status, a foreign passport with Form I-94 or Form I-94A, bearing the same name as the passport and containing an endorsem*nt of the alien's nonimmigrant status, as long as the period of endorsem*nt has not yet expired and the proposed employment is not in conflict with any restrictions or limitations identified on the form
- Passport form 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.
or List B
Documents that Establish Identity
- 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
and List C
Documents that Establish Employment Eligibility
- U.S. Social Security card (other than a card stating it is not valid for employment)
- Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545)
- Certification of Report of Birth issued by the Department of State (Form DS-1350)
- Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal authority or territory 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 DHS (other than those listed under List A)
Derived from the Department of Homeland Security
(U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)