Acceptable Identification

General Information

Before you can begin work, you must provide either one item from List A OR one item from both List B and List C.

Documents that establish both identity and employment eligibility

U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
Foreign passport, that contains a temporary I-551 Stamp or temporary I-551 printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa
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 endorsement of the alien’s nonimmigrant status, as long as the period of endorsement has not yet expired and the proposed employment is not in conflict with any restrictions or limitation identified on the form.
Passport from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) or the Republic of the Marchall 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 FMS or RMI.

Documents that establish identity

Driver’s license or ID card issued by a state or outlying possession of the United Sates provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, sex, 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, sex, height, eye color, and address
School ID 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 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

Documents that establish employment eligibility

Social Security Account Number card other than one that specifices on the face that the issuance of the card does not authorize employment in the United States
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 territoryof 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)
Employment authorization document issued by the Department of Homeland Security