Samples of U.S. Identification Cards

Document Type: Alien Registration Receipt Card Document Number: I-551 Residency Status: Permanent Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Notes: Laminated. This form replaced older issues of the I-151. The photo is part of the form and has no raised edges. Document Type: Alien Registration Receipt Card Document Number: I-551 Residency Status: Permanent Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Notes: Laminated. This form replaced older issues of the I-151. The photo is part of the form and has no raised edges. Document Type: Alien Registration Receipt Card Document Number: I-151 Residency Status: Permanent Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Notes: Laminated. This form is no longer issued but is still in circulation and still valid. The photo may be either color or black and white. Document Type: Alien Registration Receipt Card Document Number: I-151 Residency Status: Permanent Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Notes: Laminated. This form is no longer issued but is still in circulation and still valid. The form is bluish green. Document Type: Alien Registration Receipt Card Document Number: I-151 Residency Status: Permanent Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Notes: Laminated. This form is no longer issued but is still in circulation and still valid. The form is bluish green. The photo may be either color or black and white. Document Type: Employment Authorization Document Number: I-688A Residency Status: Holder has applied for temporary residency Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Not eligible Notes: Illegal noncitizens who apply and go through a preliminary interview for residency under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (legalization program) are first issued the I-688A. The card gives them the right to work in the U.S. When they are granted temporary residency, they are issued the I-688. Laminated. The photo is part of the form and has no raised edges. The gold Department of Justice seal in the laminate is superimposed over the middle of the card front. Document Type: Employment Authorization Document Number: I-688 Residency Status: Temporary Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Not eligible, except for eligible legalized aliens (ELAs) Notes: Laminated. The photo is part of the form and has no raised edges. The gold Department of Justice seal in the laminate is superimposed over the middle of the card front. Document Type: Employment Authorization Document Number: I-688B Residency Status: Temporary Employment: Allowed Cash Benefit Status: Varies (see Appendix A) Notes: Laminated. The photo is part of the form and has no raised edges. The gold Department of Justice seal in the laminate is superimposed over the middle of the card front. Document Type: Cuban/Haitian Entrant Documentation Document Number: Electronic I-94 Cash Benefit Status Eligible Refugee Status: Notes: All Cuban and Haitian immigrants have been granted extended employment authorization by an act of Congress. Electronic I-94 available online at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/i94/#/home Document Type: Refugee Documentation Document Number: I-94 Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Refugee Notes: This version was issued from January 1, 1983, through September 30, 1985. Document Type: Cuban/Haitian EntrantDocumentation Document Number: I-94 Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Refugee Notes: All Cuban and Haitian immigrants have been granted extended employment authorization by an act of Congress. Document Type: Refugee Documentation Document Number: I-94 Cash Benefit Status: Eligible Refugee Notes: This version was issued after October 1, 1985. Document Type: Departure Record Document Number: I-94 Cash Benefit Status: Eligible if stamped "refugee," "paroled as a refugee," or "parolee" Notes: This form is issued to visitors to the U.S. It shows the date of issue and the date by which the visitor must depart. Employment is not allowed unless specifically noted on the form. The form is carried in conjunction with a passport. INS section number should also be verified. Refugees may be parolees, but not all parolees are refugees. Document Type: Passport Cash Benefit Status: Eligible permanent resident Notes: This is an example of a passport that has been stamped inside by the INS. Document Type: U.S. Citizen Identification Card Document Number: I-197 Residency status: U.S. Citizen Employment: Allowed Notes: Laminated. Form I-197 has not been issued since April 1983, and there is no replacement card. The card was issued to naturalized U.S. citizens. The cards are still in circulation and still valid. Document Type: Certification of Birth issued by the Department of State Document Number: FS-545 Notes: Issued by U.S. embassies and consulates overseas to U.S. citizens born abroad. Document Type: Certification of Birth issued by the Department of State Document Number DS-1350 Notes: Issued to U.S. citizens born abroad.

Updated September 27, 2024, replacing March 25, 2009