RSM 1, Attachment 300-1: Documents That Establish Identity & Employment Eligibility
Main_Content
Updated: 03/10
Lists of Acceptable Documents
Option 1: One Document from List A
LIST A: Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Eligibility
- U.S. Passport (unexpired or expired)
- Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561)
- Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)
- Foreign passport, unexpired, with I-551 stamp or attached Form I-94 indicating unexpired employment authorization
- Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card with photograph (Form I-151 or I-551)
- Temporary Resident Card, unexpired (Form I-688)
- Employment Authorization Card unexpired, (Form I-688A)
- Reentry Permit unexpired, (Form I-327)
- Refugee Travel Document, unexpired, (Form 1-571)
- Employment Authorization Document issued by DHS, unexpired, that contains a photograph (Form I-688B)
Option 2: One Document from List B and One Document from List C
LIST B: Documents that Establish Identity
- Driver's license or ID card issued by a state or outlying possession of the U.S. 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 photo 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
For persons under age 18 unable to present a document listed above:
- School record or report card
- Clinic, doctor or hospital record
- Day-care or nursery school record
LIST C: Documents that Establish Employment Eligibility
- U.S. social security card issued by the Social Security Administration (other than a card stating not valid for employment
- Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545 or Form DS-1350)
- 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
- 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)
Note: Illustrations of many of these documents appear in the
USCIS Handbook for Employers. 