Employers Told to Continue Using Current Form I-9 Despite March 31 Expiration Date

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that, until further notice, employers should continue to use the current version of the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form, which bears an expiration date of March 31, 2016.

This announcement follows USCIS's notice in the Federal Register on March 28, 2016 of a 30-day public comment period on its proposed changes to the I-9 Form.

USCIS has a stated goal to improve the I-9 form to reduce the number of technical errors.

The key proposed changes are:

• Validations on certain fields to ensure information is entered correctly
• Additional spaces to enter multiple preparers and translators
• Drop-down lists and calendars