I-9 Revisions - Immigration Law Update

Temporary Resident Cards and older versions of the Employment Authorization Card will no longer be accepted during the Form I-9 employee verification process, Homeland Security officials announced.

Designed to prevent fraudulent hiring, a new interim final rule submitted to the Federal Register earlier this week eliminates Forms I-688, I-688A and I-688B, which are expired and no longer issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, authorities said.

The shortened list of acceptable documents is necessary because expired IDs and work authorization cards "are prone to tampering and fraudulent use," the agency said.

If a document does not contain an expiration date, such as a Social Security card, it is considered unexpired and still acceptable.