State of Texas Minor's Registration
Children under 14 can work as actors or performers if they have authorization from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The child's parent or legal guardian must submit an Application for Child Actor/Performer Authorization form. The TWC may issue an ID card that's valid until the child's 14th birthday.
14 and under needs the Authorization Form completed and approved, and must have the ID from the TWC in order to work. 14 to 17 are only required to have the documentation needed from the I-9, however, we do recommend that children 14 and 15 obtain the Certificate of Age as an extra layer of protection to work on set. It is not mandatory, but a recommendation.
Obtaining an ID Card and/or Certificate of Age form can take as little as a day or as long as a week, so if you are interested in your child working on the film/television/commercials, etc, please see the links below on this page and start collecting the necessary documents and start the process ASAP!
Note about Schooling: Hours of work are established by TWC, If the child works two consecutive days on set, tutoring will be required, and provided by the production.
HOURS: Children under 14 years of age, hours will be determined by production and state law.
HOURS: A child 14 or 15 years of age may not work more than eight hours in one day or more than 48 hours in one week. A child who is 14 or 15 years of age and is enrolled in a term of a public or private school may not work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. on a day that is followed by a school day or between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on a day that is not followed by a school day. A child who is 14 or 15 years of age and is not enrolled in summer school may not work between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. on any day that school is recessed for the summer.
HOURS: A child 16 or 17 years of age has no restrictions on the number of hours or times of day they may work.
**All minors must either have 1 document from Column A or two documents - one from Column B and one from Column C from the I-9 in order to complete payroll paperwork.
CLICK HERE FOR THE i-9 FORM
Once the parent and/or guardian have signed the minor affidavit (for all minors under 18) and saved as a PDF and you have obtained the minor's ID after having the Application for Child Actor/Performer Authorization form (children 14 and under) approved or you obtain an approved Certificate of Age form (Optional) or have the appropriate I-9 documents (children 14 - 17), please save them as a jpeg. After you complete the short form below, you will be taken to the background application page via our EP Casting Portal website.
You can obtain the application forms by:
- Calling the Labor Law Section at (800) 832-9243 in Texas or (512) 475-2670 outside Texas
- Visiting the Workforce Solutions office
- Mailing or submitting the application online to the Department of Industrial Relations or the Labor Commissioner's Office
- Clicking on the link provided, scroll to the end of the page, and download the PDF.
See the examples below for what the FORMS for each age group should look like:
Once you have the TWC ID Card and/or the appropriate I-9 documentations...
Note: It may take up to 2 minutes to upload your file depending on the size. Please do not click submit again or leave the page. You will be taken to the minor's application page on our EP Casting Portal website once the upload is complete.