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The Federal I-9: What You Need To Know

The I-9 Form is a federal requirement used to:

  1. Verify an employee’s identity

  2. Confirm eligibility to work in the U.S.

All new hires must complete their form on or before their first day of employment.

  • New STAFF and FACULTY employees: Complete the form virtually. Follow the instructions provided in your New Hire Email from tucareers@tulane.edu.

  • New STUDENT employees: Click here to make an appointment.

New hires must present original, unexpired documents that verify identity and work eligibility. Copies will not be accepted. A list of acceptable documents can be found below.
 

 

Note: The information on this page is publicly available and provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). For official guidance and additional details, please visit the USCIS I-9 Central website.

You may also download the official PDF version of the Form I-9 Acceptable Documents chart here (PDF).

Form I-9 Document Lists

Employees may present one selection from List A or a combination of one selection from List B and one selection from List C.

LIST A

Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment Authorization

OR

LIST B

Documents that Establish Identity

AND

LIST C

Documents that Establish Employment Authorization

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:
a. Foreign passport; and
b. Form I-94 or Form I-94A that has:
(1) The same name as the passport; and
(2) An endorsement of the alien's nonimmigrant status...

6. Passport from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) or the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) with Form I-94/I-94A...		OR1. Driver’s license or ID card issued by a State or outlying possession of the United States

2. ID card issued by federal, state or local government agencies

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

9. Driver’s license issued by a Canadian government authority

For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above:
10. School record or report card
11. Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
12. Day-care or nursery school record		AND1. A Social Security Account Number card, unless it includes one of the following restrictions:
(1) NOT VALID FOR EMPLOYMENT
(2) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH INS AUTHORIZATION
(3) VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION

2. Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545)

3. Certification of Report of Birth issued by the Department of State (Form DS-1350)

4. Original or certified copy of birth certificate issued by a State, county, municipal authority...

5. Native American tribal document

6. U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)

7. Identification Card for Use of Resident Citizen in the United States (Form I-179)

8. Employment authorization document issued by the Department of Homeland Security

Examples of many of these documents appear in Part 8 of the Handbook for Employers (M-274).
Refer to the instructions for more information about acceptable receipts.

For questions, contact TUcareers@tulane.edu or call 504-865-4748.