EUROPEAN BASED -LIST OF ACCEPTABLE DOCUMENTS
For Identity Proofing (All Document MUST be Unexpired)
List A
List B
List C
Documents that Establish Both Identity and Employment
Authorization
Documents that Establish Identity
Documents that Establish
Employment Authorization
(One document only needed from this list)
(One document from this list and one
document from List C are needed)
(One document from this list and one
document from List B are needed)
European National Issued Passport that is unexpired OR U.S
Passport or U.S. Passport Card that is unexpired
Any non-National ID with a photo ID,
current address, and other pertinent
information such as height, eye color,
etc.
Social Security Account Number
card other than one that specifies on
the face that the issuance of the card
does NOT authorize employment in
the United States
National Driver’s License with a photograph that is unexpired
Driver’s license or ID card issued by a
State or outlying possession of the
United States provided it contains a
photograph or information such as
name, date of birth, gender, height, eye
color, and address
Certification of Birth Abroad issued
by the Department of State (FS-545)
Albania - Albanian Identity Card Letërnjoftimi, an electronic
biometric ID card
ID card issued by federal, state, or local
government agencies or entities,
provided it contains a photograph or
information such as name, date of birth,
gender, height, eye color, and address
Certification of Report of Birth
issued by the Department of State
(Form DS-1350)
Belgium – State Registry (in Dutch, French and German). The eID
(electronic IDentity-card) has been issued to Belgian citizens who
apply for a new identity card. Apart from being a form of
identification, the card also is used for authentication purposes.
Employee ID Card with photograph
Identification Card for the Use of
Resident Citizen in the United States
(Form I-179)
Czech Republic - Občanský průkaz, a National Identity card
School ID card with photograph
Croatia - The Croatian identity card
Voter’s registration card
Native American tribal document
England (U.K.) and Ireland – Driver’s licenses and Passports are
used within the U.K. In Ireland Aoischárta Náisiúnta / National
Age Cards are available to residents over 18, showing name, date
of birth, gender, photograph, and unique card number; it is a
"proof of age" card, and has no legal value as an identity card.
Passports are generally used.
Military Dependent’s card
Original or certified copy of Birth
Certificate issued by a State, county,
municipal authority, or territory of
the United States bearing an official
seal
France – French National ID. The French health insurance card, a
smart card named "Carte Vitale 2", includes a digital photograph
and other personal medical information in addition to identity
elements
U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
Germany – Personalausweis ID Card
Greece - Greek National ID card fields include religion, addresses,
biometric characteristics and fingerprint in addition to others
Netherlands - Dutch or other European identity card or a
passport. Dutch driver’s license.
Native American tribal document
Driver’s license issue by a Canadian
government authority
U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)
For person’s under age 18 who are
unable to present document listed
above, use the following:
Portugal - Cartão de Cidadão (Citizen Card). The older Bilhete de
identidade is still in limited use.
School record or report card
Spain - The Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI). Since 2006, it
is being replaced by the Electronic DNI.
Clinic, doctor, or hospital record
Sweden and Switzerland– National Identity Card and driver’s
license are used in Sweden. Swiss Identity Cards are used in
Switzerland.
Day-care or nursery school record
Employment Authorization
document issued by the Department
of Homeland Security