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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that they will be publishing a newly revised I-9 form as of August 1, 2023. This new form will have a completely new format that includes changes such as: Reorganizing of the...

The United States Department of Human Services  (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has proposed new rules to permanently allow employers to review Form I-9 identification documents remotely. This is according to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to be formally...

Immigrant discrimination is a serious offense under U.S. employment laws. In an important ruling to uphold discriminatory employment practices against immigrants, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement with a Virginia company that requested a non-citizen provide a Legal...

New guidance in a Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) October 12 memo from Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls to immediately halt immigration raids on workplaces and instead calls on enforcement agencies to focus their efforts on “unscrupulous employers who exploit...

Employers are required to reverify an employee's documentation only when the employee's employment authorization document (EAD) has expired. I-9 forms with a Green Card that has since expired do not need to be reverified. Green Cards indicate that someone is...

ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) announced on March 31 that temporary I-9 compliance flexibility will continue until May 31, 2021. The temporary employee guidance flexibility policy was originally issued in March 2020 to allow employers who are following social...

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) requires employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of their employees and created criminal and civil penalties for employment-related violations. Compliance with IRCA is mandatory whether you are hiring United...

Aquellos empleadores que estén siguiendo las normas de distanciamiento social debido al brote de Coronavirus, (COVID-19), tienen la posibilidad temporal de revisar la Verificación de Elegibilidad de Empleo, mandatoria por ley federal, remotamente a través de videos, webcams, email, o...

Employers who are following social distancing and shelter in place orders due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) can temporarily review an employee’s federally mandated I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification identity and employment identity and employment authorization documents with the employee remotely by...