United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
("USCIS") recently issued a new version of its Form I-9,
Employment Eligibility Verification, which is used to verify the
employment authorization and identity for all employees in the
United States.
Although employers may now begin to use the new version, which
has a 10/21/2019 version date on the bottom, they will be
required to use it beginning on May 1, 2020. Failure to use
the proper Form I-9 version can result in significant
penalties.
Changes in this new version are minor and not visible in the
printed version, with most changes appearing in the drop-down menus
when the form is completed electronically and in the form's
instructions. For example:
