USCIS Revises Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form)

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.  All employers in the U.S. are required to complete Form I-9 on behalf of every employee hired in the U.S. The new Form I-9 may be found at http://www.uscis.gov/I-9Central.

The revised Form I-9 is designed to minimize errors in completion through reformatting, clearer instructions, and the addition of new data fields, including the employee's foreign passport information (if applicable), telephone number, and email addresses. Regulations concerning acceptable documentation, form retention, and employer sanctions have not changed.

The new instructions to the form will reduce errors in completing the form and help employers comply with the law. For example, the instructions to the new form spell out the timeframe within which an employer must examine identity and employment authorization documentation of a new employee. Specifically,