Do employers need to use the New I-9 Form Issued by the USCIS?
Yes. All employers need to use the New I-9 Form Issued by the USCIS. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released a revised I-9 form, Employment Eligibility Verification. All employers must complete the new I-9 form for each new employee hired in the United States. Employers that fail to use the new I-9 form may incur fines and penalties. The new I-9, among other changes, removes the following five documents from the List of Acceptable Documents: Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-151), Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570), Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561), Unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327) and Unexpired Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571). Such documents are no longer acceptable for verification of immigrant or citizenship status. A list of all documents that are acceptable to verify immigrant or citizenship status can be found in the new Handbook for Employers, Instructions for Completing the Form I-9 http://www.usci
