To verify your identity, be prepared to submit and / or present either:
- Two Primary Identification Documents, or
- One Primary and two Secondary Identification Documents.
In general:
- Temporary IDs are not acceptable.
- Forms that you complete yourself (like applications) are not acceptable.
- Employee ID cards (like badge cards, building passes, etc.) are not acceptable.
- All documents must be valid / current.
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Original documents are required.
- Photocopies and screenshots are not acceptable.
- Physical documents are required.
- Photos of printed documents are acceptable.
- If your name has changed, click here for important details.
- For information about documents you can use to prove your Social Security number, click here.
Primary Identification Documents
- Driver’s license (or learner's permit) from a U.S. state (Must be a permanent license with photo. Temporary and/or paper documents are not accepted.)
- State-issued photo ID
- 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) (No employer-issued ID cards)
- Government Issued Photo ID (No US military ID cards. Must be a permanent document with photo. Temporary and/or paper documents are not accepted.)
- 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)
- Printout of utility (electric, gas, phone, water) statement or bill (not older than 90 days, showing your account number, full name, and current address; issued by the utility)
- Printout of bank or financial institution statement (not older than 90 days, showing your account number, full name, and current address; issued by the bank)
- Printout of medical bill (not older than 90 days, showing your account number, full name, and current address)
