NEW FORM I-9
Effective immediately, employers must use the newly issued Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification and List of Acceptable Documents for new employees regardless of nationality status.
The most notable changes incorporated in the new Form I-9 are:
- U.S. "Citizen" and "Noncitizen" are now distinguished in separate categories in the attestation box of Section 1 of the Form.
- The "alien authorized to work" box requires the Alien or Admission number on the first line and expiration date (if applicable) on the second line, rather than the expiration date before Alien or Admission number as with previous versions of the Form I-9.
- All documents presented by employees to verify identity and employment eligibility must be current. Employers can no longer accept an expired U.S. Passport or an expired driver license.
- Three documents from List A on the List of Acceptable Documents have been eliminated: Forms I-688, I-688A, and I-688B. This is mostly an administrative change because these documents are no longer issued and have now expired.
- Two documents have been added to List A on the List of Acceptable Documents. They are:
- a temporary I-551 printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa
- a passport from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) or the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) with a valid Form I-94 or I-94A.
Employers must now begin using the new Form I-9 and accept only unexpired documents on the revised List of Acceptable Documents. Further, if an employee's work authorization requires re-verification, the employer must use the new I-9 form with the revised List of Acceptable Documents. Failure to use the new I-9 form could result in civil monetary penalties. Companies should update new hire packets to include the new I-9 Form and List of Acceptable Documents.
Click on the following links to access the new Form I-9 and the updated I-9 Employer Handbook.
New I-9 Form
New I-9 Employer Handbook
