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What You Should Know About the New I-9 Form
Employers: It’s time to update your hiring paperwork -including the new I-9 form which will be effective on April 3, 2009.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has amended regulations governing the types of identification and documents that employees may use to complete the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
The biggest change in the revised I-9 form is that newly-hired employees can no longer use expired government documentation as proof of their work eligibility.
Other things to note about the new I-9 form:
- 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List A identity and employment authorization documentation Forms I-688, I-688A, and I-688B (Temporary Resident Card and outdated Employment Authorization Cards);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 ; and
- Makes technical updates.
Employers can face stiff penalties for I-9 violations. This includes hefty fines and possible debarment from government contracts. Even if workers are authorized to work, penalties can be imposed simply for submitting incorrect paperwork.
Employers should be sure that all staff involved in the hiring process know and comply with the proper procedures for completing the I-9 Form. To review the revised form, along with the instructions accompanying the document, please click HERE.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask an Atlanta Human Resources professional who can help you with HR consulting, compliance, and management and staff training .
