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ELIGIBILITY FOR WORK CARDS

To apply for a work card, applicants must:

• Have a signed referral slip from your prospective employer.
• Be 21 years old if dispensing or selling alcoholic beverages
• Juveniles 17 and under must bring a permit from Clark County Juvenile Court Services, 601 N. Pecos., when applying for a work card.
• Certified copy of birth certificate must be shown by applicant 25 years of age and younger. No exceptions.
• Persons not born in the U.S. or U.S. Territory must show one of the following: Naturalization Certificate; U.S. Passport, U.S. birth certificate; and/or Alien Card. This includes persons of U.S. Citizenship born abroad.
• Pay the appropriate fees.
• You must show two forms of acceptable I.D. (any state-issued driver's license; state-issued I.D.; military I.D.; DD214; U.S. Passport; Social Security Card; Naturalization Certificate; Baptismal Certificate, and Alien I.D. Card.

WHY WORK CARDS MAY BE DENIED

The following are examples of conditions that may lead to an applicant's card being denied or revoked.  It does not include all the reasons a card may be denied or revoked. 

• An outstanding warrant of arrest.
• Extensive criminal history.
• Have had a work card previously revoked by Special Investigations.
• Insufficient immigration documentation.
• No certified copy of birth certificate if 25 years of age or younger.
• Falsification of information on the referral slip.
• Any other denial reason(s) so stated under Nevada Revised Statutes

Work cards are presently valid for five (5) years. 

WHERE TO APPLY

Work card processing includes interviewing, fingerprinting and photographing. The work card is similar in size to a driver’s license and is issued the same day as applied for provided there are no complications during the process.

The LVMPD issues work cards at two locations:

Las Vegas office
5880 Cameron St.
For general information, call (702) 828-3271.

Laughlin office
101 Civic Way (P.O. Box 2284).
For general information, call (702) 298-4282.

Work cards currently are issued from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and closed all federally recognized holidays.