Revised I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) Form required starting Feb. 9, 2009
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009Beginning Feb. 2, 2009 all employers must use the revised I-9 form. This form is required for all newly hired employees to verify their identity and authorization to work in the United States. The list of documents that employees can use to verify their identity and employment authorization is divided into three sections:
List A-Documents that verify both identity and employment authorization
List B-documents that verify identity only; and List C documents that verify employment authorization only.
From List A-expired documents are no longer acceptable for proof of identification or work authorization. Only unexpired documents or documents without an expiration date (such as a social security card) will be accepted.
The list of documents on the back of the Form I-9 have been revised to add the new U.S. Passport Card to List A. In addition, two other documents have been added to List.
Several now obsolete forms of the employment authorization document have been removed from the list. (Form I-688, Temporary Resident Card; Form I-688A, Employment Authorization Card; and Form I-688B, Employment Authorization Card).
Employers who do not begin using the new I-9 form by February 2, 2009 may be subject to fines. Employers will not need to complete a new form I-9 for all employees-only for new hires and re-verifications.
After Feb 9 you will be able to download the revised form on the US Citizenship and Immigration Services website.