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during completion of this form. Employers are liable for errors in the completion of this form.
It is illegal to discriminate against work-authorized individuals. Employers CANNOT specify which document(s) an employee may present to establish employment authorization and identity. The refusal to hire or continue to employ an individual because the documentation presented has a future expiration date may also constitute illegal discrimination.
Section 1. Employee Information and Attestation (Employees must complete and sign Section 1 of Form I-9 no later than the first day of employment, but not before accepting a job offer.)
LIST A
1. U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card
2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien
Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)
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.
LIST B
Identity
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
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
3. School ID card with a photograph
4. Voter's registration card
5. U.S. Military card or draft record
6. Military dependent's ID card
7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner
Card
8. Native American tribal document
For persons under age 18 who are
unable to present a document
listed above:
9. Driver's license issued by a Canadian
government authority
10. School record or report card
11. Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
12. Day-care or nursery school record
LIST C
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)
(1) NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT
(2) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
INS AUTHORIZATION
(3) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH
DHS AUTHORIZATION
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
5. U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
6. Identification Card for Use of
Resident Citizen in the United
States (Form I-179)
7. Employment authorization
document issued by the
Department of Homeland Security
Examples of many of these documents appear in the Handbook for Employers (M-274).
Refer to the instructions for more information about acceptable receipts.
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