Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s employment eligibility process requires that employees must present,
to their employer, evidence of identity and
employment eligibility within three business days of the date
employment begins. If an employee is authorized to work, but is unable to present the required document(s) within
three business days, they must present a receipt for the application of the document(s) within three business days
and the actual document(s) within ninety (90) days.
LISTS OF ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS
You may provide a document from List A which establishes both identity and employment eligibility or you may provide a
document from List B (establishing your identity) and a document from List C (establishing your employment eligibility).
LIST A
LIST B
LIST C
Documents that Establish Both
Identity and
Employment
Eligibility
OR
Documents that Establish
Identity
AND
Documents that Establish
Employment Eligibility
1. U.S. Passport (unexpired or expired)
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
1. U.S. Social card issued by the
Social Security Administration
(other than a card stating it is not
valid for employment)
2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien
Registration Receipt Card (Form
I-551)
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
2. Certification of Birth Abroad
issued by the Department of State
(form FS-545 or Form DS-1350)
3. An unexpired foreign passport with a
temporary I-551 stamp
3. School ID card with a photograph
3. 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
4. Voter’s registration card 4. Native American tribal document 4. An unexpired Employment
Authorization Document that
contains a photograph
(Form I-766, I-688, I-688A, I-688B)
5. U.S. Military card or draft record 5. U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
6. Military dependent’s ID card
7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner
Card
6. ID Card for use of Resident
Citizen in the United States (Form
I-179)
8. Native American tribal document
5. An unexpired foreign passport with
an unexpired Arrival-Departure
Record, Form I94, 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
9. Driver’s license issued by a Canadian
government authority
7. Unexpired employment
authorization document issued by
DHS (other than those listed under
List A)
For persons under age 18 who
are unable to present a
document listed above:
10. School record or report
11. Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
12. Daycare or nursery school record
