The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
issued an alert this week warning employers of a technical glitch
in its online system. Specifically, the warning is aimed at any I-9
work authorization forms (Form I-9s) that were completed online and
printed between November 14, 2016, to November 19, 2016. USCIS has
reason to believe that during this time period, numbers entered in
the social security field were somehow scrambled when employees
completed and printed the form online.
Lewis Brisbois urges that all employers conduct an internal
audit immediately for any employees that completed Form I-9 online
between November 14, 2016, to November 19, 2016. In cases where the
employer notices that the employee's social security number is
transposed incorrectly on Form I-9, please take the following
corrective measures by drawing a line through the social security
number found in Section 1, entering the correct social security
number next to it, and then
