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Mar 2 2009
USCIS Requiring Employers to Use New I-9 Form
The U.S. government is requiring that all employers use a new version of the Employment Eligibility Verification form, Form I-9, as of April 3, 2009. The new form is required for use for all new employees hired on or after April 3, and for all existing employees that need temporary employment authorization documentation to be re-verified on or after that date. If you use an old version of the I-9 form, you may be fined by USCIS.
The new I-9 form includes changes based on recent regulation amendments. As of April 3, expired documents will not be considered acceptable forms of identification verification on the I-9 form. In addition, the new I-9 form contains a revised list of documents that employers may use to establish the employment eligibility of their employees.
Some of the new documents accepted as proof of eligibility include foreign passports with an I-551 permanent residence mark printed on a machine-readable immigrant visa and the newly created U.S. Passport |
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