Immigration Law

Employers Required to Use Revised Form I-9

By Robert Kraft

As of April 3, 2009, all U.S. employers are required to use the revised Form I-9. The changes to the form include a list of accepted documents. Employees must present to their employers documentation to identify their identity and verify employment authorization. Changes to the list require unexpired, valid documents, and adds documentation for citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
 
Two new documents were added to the list:
a passport from the FSM or RMI with a valid Form I-94; or Form I-94A indicating non-immigrant admission under the Compact of Free Association Between the United States and the FSM or RMI;
temporary I-551 printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa in addition to the foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp.
 
Three documents were removed from the list, and employers may no longer accept these document. The following are no longer issued and have expired:
Form I-688, Temporary Resident Card;
Form I-688A, Employment Authorization Card; and
Form I-688B, Employment Authorization Card
 
Additional information is available at www.uscis.gov

Full post as published by Immigration Law Answers Blog on April 09, 2009 (boomark / email).