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Form I-9 Revised (Effective Dec. 26, 2007)

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USCIS Revises Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 :: from USCIS.gov

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) is now available for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in the United States.

The revision seeks to achieve full compliance with the document reduction requirements of the illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), which reduced the number of documents employers may accept from newly hired employees during the employment eligibility verification process. The revised Form I-9 is a further step in USCIS? ongoing work toward reducing the number of documents used to confirm identity and work eligibility.

Key to the revision is the removal of five documents for proof of both identity and employment eligibility. They include: Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-570); Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570); Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-151); the unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327); and the unexpired Refugee Travel Document (Form I- 571). The forms were removed because they lack features to help deter counterfeiting, tampering, and fraud.

Additionally, the most recent version of the Employment Authorization Document (Form I-766) was added to List A of the List of Acceptable Documents on the revised form. The revised list now includes: a U.S. passport (unexpired or expired); a Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551); an unexpired foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp; an unexpired Employment Authorization Document that contains a photograph (Form I-766, I-688, I-688A, or I-688B); and an unexpired foreign passport with an unexpired Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) for nonimmigrant aliens authorized to work for a specific employer.

Employers are encouraged to start using the revised Form I-9 immediately. The form will become effective once the notice is published in the Federal Register.

USCIS Fact Sheet on Revised Form I-9

Revised Form I-9 :: Employment Eligibility Verification

Instructions for Completing Form I-9

[UPDATE :: November 24, 2007] USCIS published a notice regarding the new Form I-9 in the Federal Register and it stated the new Form I-9 must be used beginning December 26, 2007. USCIS also published a reminder about the rule on its own website. Both documents are posted below.

Federal Register Notice :: Revised Form I-9

USCIS Reminder :: Revised Form I-9

Full post as published by VisaMap :: Immigration Portal on November 08, 2007 (boomark / email).