As of today, April 3, 2009, all U.S. employers must begin using the updated I-9 form for verifying employment eligibility. The I-9 system of employment verification, created by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, is the nation’s sole mandatory employment eligibility verification program. All U.S. employers are responsible for the completion and retention [...]

As I have written in earlier blog posts, the Department of Homeland Security‘s (“DHS”) new I-9 form is on schedule for implementation on April 3, 2009. The I-9 form is used by employers to verify employment eligibility. The most notable change with the new form is that employers will no longer be able to accept [...]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the new I-9 form, what an I-9 form is, and the penalties for non-compliance. The penalties, both civilly and criminally, are becoming too severe to ignore. Civil fines for employers can range from $3200 (per violation) for a first offense to $16,000 (per violation) for a third or [...]

Mandatory use of E-Verify delayed further: Mandatory use of the controversial employment eligibility tool, E-Verify, by Federal contractors and subcontractors has been delayed until May 21, 2009. E-Verify is an internet based system for verifying employment eligibility.

New I-9 Form use delayed: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced last friday that it has delayed by 60 days, until April 3, 2009, the implementation of an interim final rule entitled “Documents Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification.” The new I-9 form, originally scheduled for implementation today, February 2, 2009, should not be used [...]

As an immigration attorney, I spend a great deal of time working with employers to achieve Form I-9 Compliance. As of February 2, 2009, all employers must begin using the newly released I-9 form to verify the employment eligibility of all new hires.