Form I-9, E-Verify Processes Present Compliance Pitfalls

Compliance issues around the Form I-9 employment verification process include document policies and unnecessary reverification, while the Covid-19 accommodations for the process are unlikely to be extended past April 30, two U.S. government officials said March 21.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, must be used by all employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of all new employees, Michelle Vivian, an official with USCIS’s Buffalo Verification Operations Center, said. Employers should use the most recent version of Form I-9, which has a revision date of Oct. 21, 2019, and must provide employee the ...