On January 28, 2019, E-Verify resumed operations after being offline
for more than a month due to the government shutdown. The program,
which allows participating employers to electronically confirm the
work eligibility of new hires, was
temporarily suspended as a result of the government shutdown.
During that time, employers were unable to access their E-Verify
accounts and were unable to comply with the program's regular
deadlines, resulting in a backlog of matters that must now be
processed.
Updated Guidelines
Participating employers that hired employees while the E-Verify
system was down will have until February 11, 2019, to create an
E-Verify case for each new employee. If a case is initiated more
than three days following an employee's hire date due to the
partial government shutdown, the employer can select "E-Verify
Not Available" as the reason for the delay.
