E-Verify has again sent us the agency webinar schedule to assist employers with understanding and completing the I-9 form and its requirements. The remaining November schedule of E-Verify webinars can be viewed here. In addition, they’ve also sent a reminder that an E-Verify user’s access must be promptly terminated upon separation from an organization. The…
Read More »Beginning today, May 1, 2020 employers must use the newer Employment Eligibility Verification Form (with the revised date of 10/21/19-found in the bottom left-hand corner). Form I-9 is published by the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) and changed periodically to address current issues. For the past three months, notwithstanding the coronavirus crisis, employers have…
Read More »In a 5-4 decision along ideological lines this week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) expanded the potential use I-9 information for the potential prosecution of state crimes as well. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), which created the I-9 form, states that the information “may not be used for purposes…
Read More »The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a new version of the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) for use by employers effective this week. Federal law requires that all employers complete a Form I-9 to document verification of the identity and employment authorization of each new employee hired after November 6, 1986,…
Read More »On the surface, it might not seem like good advice to use a government form that’s expired, but in the absence of an updated one, that is exactly what we recommend. Although the current Employment Eligibility Form, or the-9 form as it is customarily known, specifically states that it expired on August 31 of this…
Read More »We advised you back in July that a new I-9 Form, Employment Eligibility Verification, had been released by the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) and further that the older form with an effective date of 11/14/16 would be accepted until September 18 at which time employers must use the newly released I-9 form…
Read More »Early this week, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a new version of the I-9 Form, Employment Eligibility Verification. The new form incorporates the 5 specific changes to the form, each of which is detailed on the USCIS website. The new form was effective and available for use immediately upon its July…
Read More »The new Employment Eligibility Verification form, more commonly known as the I-9 Form and adopted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) last year becomes effective tomorrow, January 21. For the past several months, the USCIS was allowing the continued use of the older expired form (with an expiration date listed of 3/31/16)…
Read More »The new I-9 Form, which the US Citizens and Immigration Service (USCIS) published a few months ago will be required for all employers on January 22, 2017. Although not mandatory until the 22nd, the form is available online now from USCIS and may be used immediately. The I-9 Form itself may be new, with features…
Read More »The federal Office of Management & Budget (OMB) has approved a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification and it now is incumbent upon the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to publish a revised form with instructions by November 22, 2016. In the meantime, employers should continue using the current version of the Form…
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