To verify your identity, be prepared to submit and / or present either:
- Two Primary Identification Documents, or
- One Primary and two Secondary Identification Documents.
NOTE: All documents with an expiration date must be valid / current.
Primary Identification Documents
- Driver’s license (or learner's permit) from a U.S. state
- U.S. passport
- HSPD 12 PIV card
- U.S. passport card
- U.S. Permanent resident card (I-551)
- USCIS-issued Employment Authorization Card (I-766) (NOT employer-issued ID cards)
- Federal or state ID
- Foreign (non U.S.) passport
- Veteran’s health ID card
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ID Card
- DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI)
- Canadian driver’s license
- Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)
- National ID card (only if residing outside of the U.S.)
Secondary Identification Documents
- U.S. Health insurance card
- Social security card
- DD214 or NGB form 22
- U.S. birth certificate
- College or university student photo ID (current)
- U.S. voter registration card
- U.S. Coast Guard merchant mariner card
- U.S. citizen ID card – Form I-197
- U.S. DoD Certificate of Birth Abroad (FS-545)
- U.S. DoS Certification of Report of Birth (DS-1350)
- Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240)
- Border crossing card
- Native American tribal document
- Tribal-issued photo ID card
- Canadian Indian and Northern Affairs card
- College or university transcript (current or previous year)
- Utility (electric, gas, phone, water) statement or bill (not older than 90 days)
- Bank or financial institution statement (not older than 90 days)
