As a follow-up to our Alerts of March 8, 2013 and May 6, 2013, this is a reminder that the revised Form I-9 must now be used by all U.S. employers for new hires. The new form went into effect May 7, 2013. The new Form I-9 may be found at http://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central. Mintz Levin’s most… Continue Reading
Category Archives: I-9 Compliance
Subscribe to I-9 Compliance RSS FeedWebinar: Steps for Implementing the New Form I-9
Posted in I-9 ComplianceMintz Levin is presenting a webinar on Tuesday, April 9th to discuss the information you need to implement the new Form I-9. US Citizenship and Immigration Services published a new version of Form I-9 on March 8, 2013 along with revisions to its M-274: Handbook for Employers. This new Form I-9 must be used by all… Continue Reading
USCIS Revises Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form)
Posted in I-9 ComplianceUnited States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. All employers in the U.S. are required to complete Form I-9 on behalf of every employee hired in the U.S. The new Form I-9 may be found at http://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central. The revised Form I-9 is designed to minimize errors in… Continue Reading
Mandatory E-Verify: Not Too High a Price for Necessary Immigration Reform
Posted in E-Verify, I-9 Compliance, Immigration Policy, Immigration ReformIn yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Laura Murphy and Fred Smith of the ACLU and Competitive Enterprise Institute, respectively, warned against the dangers of a mandatory E-Verify system. They argued that the E-Verify system invades the privacy of the employees whose data is run through the system and that the E-Verify verification process effectively lumps everyone into… Continue Reading
Current Form I-9 continues to be valid beyond 08/31/2012
Posted in I-9 Compliance, Immigration PolicyUntil further notice, employers should continue using the Form I-9 currently available on the forms section of the USCIS website. Employers should continue to use the current version of Form I-9 even after the OMB control number expiration date of August 31, 2012 has passed. USCIS will provide updated information about the new version of… Continue Reading
Form I-9 Revisions and I-94s
Posted in I-9 ComplianceIt is commendable that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is in the process of revising Form I-9 with the stated goal of making the form more user-friendly for employers. There is certainly no question that employers in the United States absolutely will welcome a more user-friendly Form I-9. Yet it is troubling that the proposed Form… Continue Reading
FORM I-9 PROPOSED CHANGES
Posted in I-9 ComplianceIt is commendable that USCIS is finally revising Form I-9 to make the form and its instructions more user-friendly both to employers and employees. Despite appearing to be straightforward, the current one-page form is fraught with peril. In fact it is precisely because the form appears to be so innocuous that employers often do not… Continue Reading
