Updated I-9 Form Available August, Required On November 1

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that an updated I-9 form for employers to verify the citizenship status of new employees will be available beginning August 1st.
Employers may continue to use the older Form I-9 (Rev. 10/21/19) through October 31st. After that date, they will be subject to penalties if they use the older form.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has also issued a final rule that allows employers to implement alternative document examination procedures, such as remote document examination. The new I-9 form includes a checkbox to indicate when an employee’s Form I-9 documentation was examined using a DHS-authorized alternative procedure.

According to DHS, only employers that use the federal E-Verify system who are in good standing may continue to conduct verifications electronically after Aug. 1, 2023. E-Verify employers performing remote verification must conduct a live video interview with the employee, retain copies of all documents presented in the I-9 verification process, and create E-Verify cases for new employees, DHS said.

This article was originally published by SIGMA
Sources: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, SHRM