Daily News Update, Dec. 3 2007
Employers must begin using new I-9 form
by Dec. 26
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) announced in a Federal Register notice Nov. 26,
2007, that employers must transition to the revised Employment
Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) not later than Dec. 26, 2007. All
employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in
the United States.
On Nov. 7, USCIS announced the availability of the revised version of
Form I-9 (with Rev. 06/05/07N printed on the lower right corner of the
form) , saying it is now the only version valid for use.
In that Nov. 7 announcement, USCIS
explained that employers would have 30 days, beginning on the date the
Federal Register notice was published, to transition to the
revised form. Accordingly, effective Dec. 26, 2007, employers who fail
to use the revised form will be subject to applicable penalties.
There are significant changes in the list of acceptable forms of proof
of both identity and employment eligibility (List "A") which employers
should note.
Authorization documents that are included as acceptable on the new List
"A" are:
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U.S. Passport (unexpired or expired);
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Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration
Receipt Card (Form I-551);
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Unexpired foreign passport with a temporary I-551
stamp;
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Unexpired Employment Authorization Document that
contains a photograph (Form I-766, I-688, or I-688B); and
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Unexpired foreign passport with an unexpired
Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) for nonimmigrant aliens
authorized to work for a specific employer.
Several documents that were acceptable under the
"old" I-9 Form are no longer acceptable and cannot be used. These
include:
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Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or
N-561);
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Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or
N-570);
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Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-151);
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Unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327); and
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Unexpired Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571).
Click
here for a Fact Sheet on the new I-9 form.
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