Handbook for Employers with Guidance for Completing Revised Form I-9 Updated...
The Handbook for Employers, Guidance for Completing the Form I-9 (M-274) has been updated to include information about the revised Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9 (Rev. 03/08/13) N that...
View ArticleUSCIS Releases Special Edition of E-Verify Connection Newsletter for Recent...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a Special Edition of E-Verify Connection, an e-newsletter for employers and workers that contains information about important changes...
View ArticleE-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification Program Receives 111 Million...
Both houses of Congress have agreed on legislation – H.R. 933: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 – that includes a grant of $111,924,000 to the U.S. Citizenship and...
View ArticleSix Additional Free Form I-9 Educational Webinars Offered by USCIS to...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is offering six additional free educational Form I-9 webinars that highlight the new features of the revised Employment Eligibility Verification...
View ArticleNew Form I-9 for Employment Eligibility Verification Must Be Used by...
The U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is reminding employers to use the new Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Rev. 03/08/13) N for newly hired employees in the United...
View ArticleUSCIS Hopes To Assess Usefulness of E-Verify Employment Eligibility...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a notice in the Federal Register on July 16, 2013 asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve an information gathering...
View ArticleUSCIS Seeks Volunteers for Study of Enhanced Form I-9 for Employment...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is seeking nine employers from the public to volunteer to assist in a study to determine how much time it takes employers to complete an enhanced...
View ArticleUSCIS Releases Latest Report Showing Accuracy of E-Verify System Improving
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the results of the most recent Westat Survey titled ‘EVALUATION OF THE ACCURACY OF E-VERIFY FINDINGS’ conducted on the accuracy of the...
View ArticleE-Verify Self Check Service Working Again after Government Shutdown
The Self Check service of E-Verify – a free web-based application that can be used by anyone in the U.S. over the age of 16 to confirm his or her employment eligibility – is working again after the...
View ArticleNew E-Verify Security Enhancement Helps Deter Employee Fraud
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that a new security enhancement to the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility system program will help combat identity fraud by...
View ArticleNew and Revised E-Verify Memorandums of Understanding Now Effective for...
In December 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released new and revised Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) related to the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility...
View ArticleE-Verify Unveils New Website Look to Commemorate Half a Million Employers...
To commemorate reaching a significant milestone of 500,000 employers enrolled in the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification system at the end of 2013, the E-Verify website has unveiled...
View ArticleUSCIS Releases Form I-9 Employee Information Sheet
Written By Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States – has released a Form I-9, Employment...
View ArticleE-Verify and Form I-9 Forum for Employers on June 23
Written By Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States – is inviting employees to a virtual...
View ArticleDHS Awards $190 Million Contract to Background Check Firm
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a new $190 million contract to a background check firm once accused of “defrauding the government...
View ArticleDHS Questioned about Contract to Background Check Firm
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) have written a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson...
View ArticleE-Verify Can Help Employers Ensure Legal Workforces
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn After more than 100 workers were accused of providing fake identification to get their jobs at a Florida business, employers wanting to avoid a similar...
View ArticleData Breach Hits DHS Background Check Contractor
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Officials said a U.S. background check contractor for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suffered a data breach that most likely resulted in the...
View ArticleE-Verify Customized Webinars Offered by USCIS
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States – is offering...
View ArticleTwo New E-Verify Webinars Premiere August 26
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will premier two new E-Verify webinars – E-Verify in 30 and Evenings with E-Verify – on August 26,...
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