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E-Verify Connection is an e-newsletter for all employers and employees. The February issue (PDF) highlights the updated Handbook for Employers: Guidance for Completing Form I-9; Office of Special Counsel’s name change; the latest Temporary Protected Status designation; and more.
Arizona joins the Records and Information from DMVs for E-Verify (RIDE) program starting July 31, 2017. RIDE helps to reduce document and employment eligibility verification fraud in E-Verify.
Learn more about Driver's License Verification.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has learned that employers have received scam emails that appear to come from a fraudulent USCIS email address requesting Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, information.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the launch of our new website, E-Verify.gov. This is the authoritative source for information on electronic employment eligibility verification.
On Nov. 14, USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of 03/08/2013 N. through Jan. 21, 2017. By Jan. 22, 2017, employers must use the revised form. Employers should continue to follow existing storage and retentions rules for all of their previously completed Forms I-9.
On Jan. 17, 2017, a new rule, “Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers” amending DHS regulations went into effect. The regulatory amendments provide for the automatic extension of the validity periods of certain Employment Authorization Documents (Form I-766) for up to 180 days if the employee:
Register to join USCIS on May 16 from 2-3 p.m. Eastern for the first Employee Rights Enlace – a Spanish-language teleconference for workers, advocacy groups, and employers to learn about employee rights and resources. During this teleconference, USCIS and presenters from the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division Immigrant and Employee Rights Section will:
On September 13, 2017, USCIS will host a stakeholder teleconference to discuss the newly revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. All employers must use the latest version with a revision date 07/17/17 N by September 18, 2017.
We will take questions from the audience about the form and review the latest employment eligibility verification resources.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Haiti will end on July 22, 2019. Current beneficiaries who want to maintain their status through July 22, 2019, must re-register between Jan. 18, 2018, and March 19, 2018.
On April 23, USCIS announced the E-Verify program modernized its system to improve users’ experience, reduce errors, and increase the speed and accuracy of the employment eligibility verification process. Improvements include: