On March 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) published an announcement in the Federal
Register advising employers that Employment Eligibility
Verification Form I-9 has been revised. The key changes to the
newly-revised form include new data fields requiring an
employee’s foreign passport information (if applicable), and
the employee’s telephone number and email address. The format
has also been expanded from one to two pages, such that Section 1
(Employee Information and Attestation) takes up the entire first
page of the form, and Sections 2 and 3 (Employer Authorization and
Reverification) are found on the second page.
The new form, which is available on USCIS’s
website, denotes a revision date of March 8, 2013 in the lower left
hand corner of the form. Although the form is available for
immediate use, USCIS will not require employers to use the form
until May 7, 2013. After May 7, 2013, all prior versions of Form
I-9 cannot be used. Employers
