EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENTS

All employees of Texas Tech, citizens and noncitizens, hired after November 6, 1986, must complete Section 1 of Form I-9 at the time of hire, which is the actual beginning of employment.    The authority for collecting this employment eligibility information is the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Pub. L. 99-603 (8 USC 1324a).  This information is for Texas Tech to verify the eligibility of individuals for employment to preclude the unlawful hiring, or recruiting or referring for a fee of aliens who are not authorized to work in the United States.

This information will be used by Texas Tech as a record of their basis for determining eligibility of an employee to work in the United States.  The form will be kept by Texas Tech and made available for inspection by officials of the BCIS, the Department of Labor and the Office of Special Counsel for Immigrations Related Unfair Employment Practices. 

Submission of the information requested is voluntary.  However, an individual may not begin employment unless stated documents are presented and the form is completed.  Texas Tech is subject to civil or criminal penalties if they do not comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

Texas Tech cannot specify which of the document(s) stated below they will accept from a new employee.

A new employee may present one of the following:

1. U.S. Passport (unexpired or expired)
2. Unexpired foreign passport, with I-551 stamp or attached INS form I-94 indicating unexpired employment authorization
3. Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card with photograph (INS Form I-551)
4. Unexpired Temporary Resident Card (INS From I-688)
5. Unexpired Employment Authorization Card (INS From I-688A)
6. Unexpired Employment Authorization Document issued by the INS which contains a photograph (INS Form I-688B or INS Form I-766)

OR

One of these documents:

1. 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
2. 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
3. School ID card with a photograph
4. Voter’s registration card
5. U.S. Military card or draft record
6. Military dependent’s ID card
7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
8. Native American tribal document
9. Driver’s license issued by a Canadian government authority

For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above:

10. School record or report card
11. Clinic, doctor or hospital record
12. Day-care or nursery school record

AND

1. U.S. social security card issued by the Social Security Administration (other than a card stating it is not valid for employment)
2. Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545 or Form DS-1350
3. Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal authority or outlying possession of the United States bearing an official seal
4. Native American tribal document
5. U.S. Citizen ID Card (INS Form I-197)
6. ID Card for use of Resident Citizen in the United States (INS Form I-179)
7. Unexpired employment authorization document issued by the INS (other than those listed above)