Alert: Start using new I-9
April 2, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: Background checks, In This Week's E-Newsletter, Latest News & Views, Law
In January, the feds pushed back the effective date of a revised Form I-9 just before employers were required to start using it. The revised date has arrived.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the delay on Jan. 30 in response to a memorandum from the Obama administration asking federal agencies to freeze certain unimplemented regulations.
The rule updating the Form I-9 was set to take effect on Feb. 2, but was pushed back 60 days to April 3. In the meantime, employers should have been using the previous revision (dated 06/05/07 at the bottom of the last page).
That form should still be used until April 3.
Both the current version and the one employers will be required to switch to on April 3 are available from the USCIS here.
Tags: I-9, immigration
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:54 am
What is the “main” reason for the revised / updated I-9′s? I see a few added documents, a couple added items and some changes in the verbage. But nothing real major. At least when I compared it with the previous version, nothing major stood out.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:09 am
The most significant change in the rule is the new requirement that all documents used to verify employee’s identity and employment eligibility must be unexpired.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:42 am
The big diference is that all documents must not be expired from what I see.