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Employment Eligibility Verification

USCIS Form I-9
Employment Eligibility Verification
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Form I-9 Section 1: Employee Information and Attestation
I-9 Instructions: English | Español

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.

Anti-Discrimination Notice antidiscrimination-notice-tooltip-description All employees can choose which acceptable documentation to present for Form I-9. Employers cannot ask employees for documentation to verify information in Section 1, or specify which acceptable documentation employees must present for Section 2 or Supplement B, Reverification and Rehire. Treating employees differently based on their citizenship, immigration status, or national origin may be illegal.
anti-descrimination-noticeAnti-Discrimination Notice

All employees can choose which acceptable documentation to present for Form I-9. Employers cannot ask employees for documentation to verify information in Section 1, or specify which acceptable documentation employees must present for Section 2 or Supplement B, Reverification and Rehire. Treating employees differently based on their citizenship, immigration status, or national origin may be illegal.

Employee Name and Identification

Employee Address and Contact Information

  • city-or-town-tooltip-description Enter your city, town or village in this field.

    If your residence is not located in a city, town or village, enter your country, township, reservation, etc., in this field. If you are a border commuter from Canada, enter your city and province in this field. If you are a border commuter from Mexico, enter your city and state in this field.
    city-or-town-tooltip-description

  • state-tooltip-description Select the abbreviation of your state or territory from the drop-down list. You may also type the first letter of the abbreviation and use the down arrow to select your state or territory.

    If you are a border commuter from Canada or Mexico, you should choose your country abbreviation, located at the end of the drop-down list.
    state-tooltip-description

  • zipcode-tooltip-description Enter your 5-digit ZIP code in this field.

    If you are a border commuter from Canada or Mexico, enter your 5- or 6-digit postal code in this field.
    zipcode-tooltip-description

Employee Employment Status

important-noteImportant Note

I am aware that federal law provides for imprisonment and/or fines for false statements, or the use of false documents, in connection with the completion of this form. I attest, under penalty of perjury, that this information, including my selection of the button attesting to my citizenship or immigration status, is true and correct.

I am aware that federal law provides for imprisonment and/or fines for false statements, or the use of false documents, in connection with the completion of this form. I attest, under penalty of perjury, that this information, including my selection of the button attesting to my citizenship or immigration status, is true and correct.

Select one of the following buttons to attest to your citizenship or immigration status:*

  • 1. A citizen of the United States A-citizen-of-the-United-States-tooltip-description Select this status if it applies to you. If you select this option, the rest of the fields in this area will contain N/A. A-citizen-of-the-United-States-tooltip-description
  • 2. A noncitizen national of the United States (see instructions) A-noncitizen-national-of-the-United-States-tooltip-description Select this status if it applies to you. If you select this option, the rest of the fields in this area will contain N/A.

    A noncitizen national of the United States is an individual born in American Samoa, certain former citizens of the former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and certain children of noncitizen nationals born abroad.
    A-noncitizen-national-of-the-United-States-tooltip-description
  • 3. A lawful permanent resident A-lawful-permanent-resident-tooltip-description Select the Status if it applies to you. If you select this option, the fields associated with the noncitizen authorized to work status will contain N/A.

    A lawful permanent resident is an individual who is not a U.S. citizen and who resides the United States under legally recognized and lawfully recorded permanent residence as an immigrant. This term includes conditional residents.

    If you select this option, you must enter your USCIS/A-Number in the field provided. At this time, the USCIS Number is the same as the A-number without the “A” prefix.

    Asylees and refugees should not select this status, but should intead select “A noncitizen authorized to work.”
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    If you are a lawful permanent resident, please provide your USCIS/A-Number. *

    please-provide-your-Alien-Registration-Number/USCIS-Number-tooltip-description
  • 4. A noncitizen (other than Item Numbers 2. and 3. above) authorized to work An-alien-authorized-to-work-tooltip-description Select this status if it applies to you. If you select this option, the fields associated with the lawful permanent resident status will contain N/A.

    A noncitizen authorized to work is an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States, or a lawful permanent resident, but is authorized to work in the United States.

    If you select this option, you must enter the expiration date of your employment authorization, if any, and either the USCIS/A-Number of the I-94 Admission Number in the fields below.
    An-alien-authorized-to-work-tooltip-description

    If you are an alien authorized to work, please provide the following additional information.

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    Date authorized to work until * Date-authorized-to-work-until-tooltip-description If you select this option, enter the date that your employment authorization expires, if any, in this field.

    In most cases, your employment authorization expiration date is on the document(s) evidencing your employment authorization. In some cases, your employment authorization document may have been automatically extended; in these cases, you should enter the expiration date of the automatic extension in this field.

    Refugees, asylees and certain citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or Palau, and other foreign nationals whose employment authorization does not expires should select the N/A checkbox.
    Some aliens may check the N/A Checkbox. Hover over the hover-over-tooltip-description for instructions.
    Some-aliens-may-check-the-N/A-CheckboxSome aliens may check the N/A Checkbox If you select this option, enter the date that your employment authorization expires, if any, in this field.

    In most cases, your employment authorization expiration date is on the document(s) evidencing your employment authorization. In some cases, your employment authorization document may have been automatically extended; in these cases, you should enter the expiration date of the automatic extension in this field.

    Refugees, asylees and certain citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or Palau, and other foreign nationals whose employment authorization does not expires should select the N/A checkbox.
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    Aliens authorized to work must provide only one of the following document numbers to complete Form I-9: An USCIS/A-Number OR Form I-94 Admission Number OR Foreign Passport Number. *
    USCIS/A-Number: Alien-Registration-Number/USCIS-Number-tooltip-description Enter your 7- to 9- digit USCIS/A-Number, if any, in this field. To do so, enter the number in the space provided. If you do not provide an USCIS/A-Number, enter either a Form I-94 Admission Number or Foreign Passport Number in the fields provided. This field will then be populated with N/A.

    A noncitizen authorized to work must enter one of the following to complete Section 1:
    1. USCIS/A-Number or
    2. Form I-94 Admission Number or
    3. Foreign Passport Number and the Country of Issuance.
    Alien-Registration-Number/USCIS-Number-tooltip-description
    OR
    (###-###-###)
    Form I-94 Admission Number: Form-I-94-Admission-Number-tooltip-description Enter your 11-digit I-94 admission number or 9 digits followed by one letter followed by one digit (e.g. #########A#) in this field. If you do not provide an I-94 Admission Number, enter either an Alien Registration Number/USCIS Number or a Foreign Passport number in the fields provided. This field will then be populated with N/A.

    Aliens authorized to work must enter one of the following to complete Section 1:
    1. Alien Registration Number (A-Number) /USCIS Number or
    2. Form I-94 Admission Number or
    3. Foreign Passport Number and the Country of Issuance.
    Form-I-94-Admission-Number-tooltip-description
    OR
    Foreign Passport Number: Foreign-Passport-Number-tooltip-description Enter your Foreign Passport Number in this field. If you do not provide a foreign passport number, enter either your Alien Number/USCIS Number or your I-94 admission number in the fields provided. This field will then be populated with N/A.

    Aliens authorized to work must enter one of the following to complete Section 1:
    1. Alien Registration Number (A-Number)/USCIS Number or
    2. Form I-94 Admission Number or
    3. Foreign Passport Number and the Country of Issuance.
    Foreign-Passport-Number-tooltip-description
    Issuing Country:* Issuing-Country-tooltip-description If you entered your foreign passport number in the Foreign Passport Number field, select the country of issuance of the foreign passport you used to enter the United States from the drop-down list provided. You may also type the first letter of the country and use the down arrow to select your country of issuance.

    If you entered an Alien Registration Number/USCIS Number or I-94 admission number, or you entered N/A in the Foreign Passport Number field, this field will contain N/A.

    Issuing-Country-tooltip-description

I Do Not Have My Documents Available At This Time  I Do Not Have My Documents Available At This Time Your employer has requested that you select and enter your identity and work authorization document information at this time. If you do not have access to these documents, click the link to skip this step. You must still present these documents to your employer for examination when you begin work.   

Employment Verification Documents (The Employee must present one document from List A OR one document from List B and List C).

Use the drop-down menu to select a document from List A or one from List B and C. Then, enter the respective document number(s) and
expiration date(s).


  •  List A
  •  List B
  •  List C
I Do Not Have My Documents Available At This Time  I Do Not Have My Documents Available At This Time Your employer has requested that you select and enter your identity and work authorization document information at this time. If you do not have access to these documents, click the link to skip this step. You must still present these documents to your employer for examination when you begin work.   

Employment Verification Documents (The Employee Must Present One Document from List A OR one document from List B and List C)


Use the drop-down menu to select a document from List A or one from List B and C. Then, enter the respective document number(s) and expiration date(s). Click the (i) button for more information about a specific document.

List A:

List B:

List C:

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Select Employee Document Type

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Select the List A document provided by the Employee and provide the document details:
List A
  *
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Issuing Authority-tooltip-description
   *
I-94 Document #-tooltip-description
*
I-94 Expires-tooltip-description
*

List A:

  *
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*
*
Reverification Due Date-tooltip-description
*
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*
According to USCIS, an acceptable receipt is not issued for the selected Document Type. Since receipts are not issued for this document, the receipt checkbox is disabled. Employee presented an acceptable receipt-tooltip-description
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Select the List B document provided by the Employee and provide the document details:
List B
  *
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  *
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Issuing Authority-tooltip-description
*
Document #-tooltip-description
*
Expires-tooltip-description
*
Not Applicable (N/A)
According to USCIS, an acceptable receipt is not issued for the selected Document Type. Since receipts are not issued for this document, the receipt checkbox is disabled. Employee presented an acceptable receipt-tooltip-description
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Select the List C document provided by the Employee and provide the document details:
List C
Document #-tooltip-description
   *
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Document #-tooltip-description
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Document #-tooltip-description
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Document #-tooltip-description
*
Expires-tooltip-description
*
Not Applicable (N/A)
According to USCIS, an acceptable receipt is not issued for the selected Document Type. Since receipts are not issued for this document, the receipt checkbox is disabled. Employee presented an acceptable receipt-tooltip-description
Additional Information Additional-Information-tooltip Additional Information
Use this space to notate any additional information that you wish to appear in Section 2 of the Form I-9, such as:
• Employment authorization extensions for Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries, F-1 OPT STEM students, CAP-GAP, H-1B and H-2A employees continuing employment with the same employer or changing employers, and other nonimmigrant categories that may receive extensions of stay.
• Additional document(s) that certain nonimmigrant employees may present that cannot be entered fields provided.
• Discrepancies that E-Verify employers must notate when participating in the IMAGE program.
• Any other comments or notations necessary for the employer’s business process.
You may leave this field blank if the employee’s circumstances do not require additional notations.
additional-informations-tooltip-description

Acceptable Expired Document Alert

If the employee's List B documents expired on or after March 1, 2020 and has not been automatically extended by the issuing authority, then it may be treated as a valid receipt. Check the COVID-19 Receipt checkbox below and enter the text “COVID-19” in the Additional Information field.

Otherwise, click the cancel button to close this message.

COVID-I9 Receipt COVID-I9-Receipt-tooltip

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Expiration Date Warning

The List B document expiration date entered is expired. However, due to temporary changes to DHS policy, the document is still valid.

Has this document been automatically extended by the issuing authority? expiry-tooltip

 

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Provide an Electronic Signature


***IMPORTANT: YOU ARE SIGNING A U.S. GOVERNMENT FORM***

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  • Click “Sign Form I-9 Electronically” to complete the electronic signature.


Warning IMPORTANT: Section 1 Cannot Be Signed Until All Curable Errors Are Corrected. Edit this section to address all curable errors as listed in the Form I-9 Validation Alerts box.

The following Section 1 fields are empty:

ALL fields are required. Enter "N/A" for fields that do not apply to you. The SSN field is optional if your employer does not participate in E-Verify.


Click Continue to enter N/A for the listed fields. Click Cancel to remain on the Section 1 screen and make changes.


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and enter "N/A" for all empty fields

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and edit Section 1

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