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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

USCIS Updates Form I-9 Expiration Date

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/5/2024

USCIS has updated the Aug. 1, 2023, edition of its Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, solely to extend the expiration date from July 31, 2026, to May 31, 2027. What should employers do? •Employers must be using...more

Reminder: Employers Must Use Updated I-9 Form

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 4/11/2024

Despite the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issuing a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, last year, many employers continue to use an outdated version of the form... Employers must use...more

New I-9 Form and Updated Compliance

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 8/4/2023

Most of our readers are aware of the fact that the COVID era policy which allowed employers to remotely examine documentation provided by employees for completing the form I-9 ended as of July 31, 2023. All employers will now...more

Signs of Spring: Fresh Looks at I-9 Compliance

Harris Beach PLLC on 3/9/2020

As the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issues a new version of its Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, employers have the opportunity to revisit and examine their compliance practices. Starting on...more

New Form for New Hires— Employer Must Start Using New I-9 Form by May 1, 2020

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 2/28/2020

After months of confusion and pain surrounding the topic of independent contractors, we are practically giddy as we send this short and unambiguous legal update: Employers must start using the updated I-9 form issued by the...more

Now Available for Immediate Use – Revised I-9

Jaburg Wilk on 2/25/2020

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has officially rolled out a new version of Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification. The new form (edition 10/21/2019) replaces the prior version (edition...more

Court Blocks Implementation of Revised Forms Addressing New Public Charge Interpretation

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/14/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: U.S. District Court in New York issued a nationwide injunction blocking the implementation of USCIS’ final rule on inadmissibility on public charge grounds, which rule resulted in significant changes to...more

The Time to Comply is Now: The New “I-9 Sheriff” is in Town!

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/27/2017

As we have previously informed our readers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued yet another update to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Employment Eligibility Verification Form (commonly...more

Reminder – New Form I-9

Mintz on 9/12/2017

Federal law requires that every employer who recruits, refers for a fee, or hires an individual for employment in the U.S. must complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. ...more

Employers Required to Use Revised Form I-9

Jaburg Wilk on 8/15/2017

Effective September 18, 2017, employers must begin using a revised Form I-9, which was released on July 17, 2017. The new form is valid through August 31, 2019. Using an outdated form is a violation of recordkeeping...more

Prepare to Launch – New I-9 Form

Burr & Forman on 8/11/2017

Most employers have now implemented the use of the highly publicized, newly revised Form I-9 which United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) mandated as the only acceptable Form I-9 version (rev 11/14/16)...more

New I-9 Form

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/4/2017

Employers must begin using a new I-9 Form no later than September 18, 2017. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services has changed the list of documents which new employees may use to complete the form. The newly revised...more

Another Revised Form I-9: Mostly Non-Substantive Changes, with One Puzzling Guidance Modification, and Employers Must Switch to a...

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 8/3/2017

Two weeks ago, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) published a new revised Form I-9—the second to go into effect this year—which becomes mandatory as of September 18, 2017. Between now and September 18,...more

New Form I-9 available

McAfee & Taft on 7/31/2017

A Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals — both citizens and noncitizens — hired for employment in the United States. All U.S. employers must ensure proper completion of Form...more

New I-9 Form Issued by USCIS

BCLP on 7/31/2017

A new I-9 Form has been issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Revisions include the following...more

Another New I-9 Form Becomes Mandatory September 18, 2017

Dentons on 7/24/2017

It was only six months ago that the new fillable I-9 for went into effect, but just this week (July 17, 2017) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service published a new version, deleting the November 16, 2016, version from its...more

USCIS Revises Form I-9

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 7/21/2017

On July 17, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published another revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. It will be mandatory for employers to use this new version of the form...more

USCIS Releases New Form I-9

Proskauer Rose LLP on 7/21/2017

On July 17, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may use either the revised form or Form I-9 with revision date of...more

Latest I-9 Form Published Yesterday

Bracewell LLP on 7/19/2017

USCIS released yesterday the latest Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may continue using the old Form I-9 with a revision date of 11/14/16 N through Sept. 17 (the revision date is indicated in the...more

Employers Must Soon Use Yet Another New I-9 Form - New Document Could Be Liability Trap For Unsuspecting Employers

Fisher Phillips on 7/18/2017

It might seem like just yesterday that employers were told that they needed to use a new version of the Form I-9, the document verifying the identity of new hires to ensure they are authorized to work in the United States....more

The I-9: How Much Trouble Can One Piece Of Paper Cause?

Fisher Phillips on 3/3/2017

No new hire has ever been accused of enjoying the time spent filling out the myriad forms they must execute at the outset of their employment. Likewise, it would be a curious manager who listed “helping new hires with...more

New I-9 Handbook for Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/15/2017

USCIS’s new M-274 “Handbook for Employers with Guidance for Completing Form I-9” is now available. In addition to detailed I-9 completion instructions, the Handbook contains guidance on Photocopying and Retention, Unlawful...more

With The New Year Comes a New Form I-9: Are You Compliant?

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 1/25/2017

Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each new employee hired which serves to verify the identity of each new employee and to ensure that the new...more

Employment Alert: "Employers Must Use New Form I-9 as of January 22, 2017"

Porter Hedges LLP on 1/25/2017

We wanted to remind you that the federal government (U.S. Customs and Immigration Service) has promulgated a new Form I-9 – the form used by employers to verify employment eligibility of new employees by reviewing specified...more

Reminder – New Form I-9

Mintz on 1/19/2017

Federal law requires that every employer who recruits, refers for a fee, or hires an individual for employment in the U.S. must complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification....more

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