USCIS Releases New Form I-9

On July 17, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Employers may use either the revised form or Form I-9 with revision date of 11/14/16N until September 18, 2017, when only the July 17, 2017 version of form may be used. Employers must continue following existing storage and retention rules for any previously completed Form I-9.

Revisions Related to the List of Acceptable Documents on Form I-9:

On the new Form I-9, USCIS added the Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Form FS-240) as an acceptable List C document and combines the various certifications of report of birth issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545, Form DS-1350 and Form FS-240) into selection C#2 of List C.