WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I NEED
TO GET HIRED?
All documents must:
be ORIGINAL
be UNEXPIRED
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A
be NON-LAMINATED
include a PHOTOGRAPH LIST
if it’s a LIST B document B
BRING 1 OF THESE OR 1 OF THESE
DOCUMENTS THAT ESTABLISH BOTH DOCUMENTS THAT
IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION ESTABLISH IDENTITY
U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card Driver’s license or I D card
issued by a State or outlying
possession of the United
Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration
States, provided it contains a
Receipt Card (Form I-551)
photograph or information
such as name, date of birth,
Foreign passport that contains a temporary I-551 gender, height, eye color, and
stamp or temporary I-551 printed notation on a
address
machine-readable immigrant visa
I D card issued by federal, state
Employment Authorization Document that contains or local government agencies or
entities provided it contains a
a photograph (Form I-766)
photograph or information such
as name, date of birth, gender,
For a nonimmigrant alien authorized to work for a height, eye color, and address
specific employer because of his or her status:
School I D card with a photograph
Foreign passport, and
Voter’s registration card
Form I-94 or Form I-94A that has the following:
U.S. Military card or draft
1. The same name as the passport, and record
2. An endorsement of the alien’s nonimmigrant status Military dependent’s I D card
as long as that period of endorsement has not yet
U.S. Coast Guard Merchant
expired and the proposed employment is not in
Mariner Card
conflict with any restrictions or limitations identified
on the form Native American tribal document
Passport from the Federated States of Micronesia Driver’s license by a Canadian
(FSM) or the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RM I ) government authority
with Form I-94 or Form I-94A indicating
For persons under age 18
nonimmigrant admission under the Compact of
who are unable to present a
Free Association Between the United States and document listed above:
the FSM or RM I
School record or report card
Clinic, doctor, or hospital
record
Day-care or nursery school
record
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C
& 1 OF THESE
DOCUMENTS THAT
ESTABLISH EMPLOYMENT
AUTHORIZATION
A Social Security Account
Number card, unless the
card includes one of the
following restrictions:
NOT VALID FOR
EMPLOYMENT
VALID FOR WORK ONLY
WITH INS AUTHORIZATION
VALID FOR WORK ONLY
WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION
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
birth certificate issued by a
State, country, municipal
authority, or territory of the
United States bearing an
official seal
Native American tribal
document
U.S. Citizen I D Card
(Form I-197)
Identification Card for Use
of Resident Citizen in the
United States (Form I-179)
Employment authorization
document issued by the
Department of Homeland
Security