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April
2, 2009
April 3rd
Changes to I-9
Beginning April 3, 2009
employers must use the new From I-9, Employment
Verification Form, when verifying and reverifying
employment eligibility for all employees. The new form
has a revision date of 2/2/09 on the bottom right hand
corner of the form. The new Form I-9 is available in
English and Spanish. However, only employers in Puerto
Rico may have employees complete the Spanish version for
their records. Employers in the 50 states and other U.S.
territories may use the Spanish version as a translation
guide for Spanish-speaking employees, but must complete
the English version and keep it in their records.
In addition to the new
form, employers must follow the new rules which narrows
the list of acceptable documents that can be used for
identity and prohibits employers from accepting expired
documents as proof of identity.
Specifically, the new
rule:
·
Requires that all documents presented during the
verification process be unexpired;
· Eliminates
List A identity and employment authorization
documentation Forms I-688, I-688A, and I-688B (Temporary
Resident Card and outdated Employment Authorization
Cards);
· Adds
foreign passports containing certain machine-readable
immigrant visas to List A;
· Adds
to List A as evidence of identity and employment
authorization valid passports for citizens of the
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands (RMI), along with Form I-94 or Form
I-94A indicating nonimmigrant admission under the
Compact of Free Association Between the United States
and the FSM or RMI ;
The new rule, which was
originally scheduled to take effect on February 2, was
delayed until April 3rd to allow the Obama
Administration to consider the changes before
implementation.
The new I-9 form is
available at
www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-9_IFR_02-02-09.pdf.
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