Acceptable Forms of ID for Employment Verification
When it comes to verifying your identity for employment purposes, WSI understands the importance of having clear guidelines. Below, we outline the acceptable forms of identification that we can accept to ensure a smooth and secure process during your interview.
Please note that all IDs must be current, unexpired, and original documents. We cannot accept photocopies. Receipt for a replacement of a lost, stolen, or damaged List A, B or C document may be presented in lieu of a document listed above for a temporary period.
Form I-9 Acceptable Documents
Employees must provide documentation to their employers to show their identity and authorization to work.
For Employment Verification, WSI is able to accept one document from list A:
List A:
Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Authorization
The documents on List A show both identity and employment authorization. Employees presenting an acceptable List A document should not be asked to present any other document. Some List A documents are in fact a combination of 2 or more documents. In these cases, the documents presented together count as one List A document.
- U.S. Passport
- 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 (Form I-766, I-688B, or I-688A) that contains a photograph
- Foreign passport with Form I-94 or Form I-94A bearing the same name as the passport, with arrival-departure record and an endorsement to work
- 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
Or one document from list B plus one document from List C:
List B:
Documents that Establish Identity
The documents on List B establish only identity. Employees who choose to present a List B document must also present a document from List C for Section 2. Employees may present one of the following unexpired List B documents:
- 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
- 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
- School ID card with a photograph
- Voter’s registration card
- U.S. Military card or draft record
- U.S. Military dependent’s ID card
- Driver’s license issued by a Canadian government authority
- U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
- Native American tribal document
- Driver’s license issued by a Canadian government authority
List C:
Documents that Establish Employment Authorization
Employees who choose to present a List C document must also provide a document from List B, evidence of identity, for Section 2.
Employees may present one of the following unexpired List C documents:
- Social Security account number card (unrestricted)
U.S. Social Security account number card that is unrestricted. A laminated card is acceptable. A card that includes any of the following restrictive wording is not an acceptable List C document:
- NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT
- VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH INS AUTHORIZATION
- VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION
- Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal authority, or territory of the United States bearing an official seal
- Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545 or Form DS-1350)
- Native American tribal document
