List A Documents

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.

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. Foreign passport with Form I-94 or Form I-94A with Arrival-Departure Record, and containing an endorsement to work
6. 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.

Acceptable Receipts 

• Receipt for a replacement of a lost, stolen, or damaged List A document.
• Form I-94 issued to a lawful permanent resident that contains an I-551 stamp and a photograph of the individual. 
• Form I-94 with “RE” notation or refugee stamp issued to a refugee.

May be presented in lieu of a document listed above for a temporary period. For receipt validity dates, see the  M-274, Section 4.4 Acceptable Receipts.