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Please feel free to browse through the resources we have made available to learn more about the Worksite Enforcement program. If you want to explore alternative immigration options, you should schedule a consultation with us. A consultation allows us to review all of the facts in your situation, after which we can present you with all of the options you have. We can also quote you a fee for any option you wish to pursue with our assistance after speaking with you.
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Update on New I-9 Form, Klasko Newsletter Excerpt |
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December 2007 As noted in the November newsletter, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has revised the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form; its use will be required beginning December 26. Employers should begin using the amended I-9 "(Rev. 06/05/07)N" immediately for all individuals hired on or after November 7, 2007. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it "recognizes that employers should be afforded a period of time to transition to the amended Form I-9." DHS, therefore, will not seek penalties against an employer for using a previous version of the I-9 during a transition period ending on December 26, 2007. After the transition period, however, employers who fail to use the revised I-9 may be subject to penalties.
New instructions for the I-9 state that the employee is not obliged to provide the Social Security Number in Section 1 of the I-9, unless he or she is employed by an employer who participates in E-Verify (formerly Basic Pilot). The section on Photocopying and Retaining Form I-9 now includes information about electronically signing and retaining I-9 forms.
Further, the Unexpired Employment Authorization Document (I-766) was added to List A of the List of Acceptable Documents; and all the employment authorization documents with photographs (I-688, I-688A, I-688B, I-766) that are in circulation are now included as one item on List A.
Employers only need to complete the new I-9 for new employees. Employers do not need to complete new forms for existing employees, but employers must use the revised I-9 when their employees require re-verification.
The new I-9 form can be downloaded from the Firm’s website at
http://www.klaskolaw.com/library/files/new_i-9_form.pdf. The revised Handbook for Employers can be found at http://www.klaskolaw.com/library/files/uscis_i-9_handbook_for_employers.pdf. Details about the revised I-9 are available at http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/FormI9FS110707.pdf. Copies of the documents that are acceptable under the new I-9 requirements may be obtained in a brochure, "Guide to Selected U.S. Travel and Identity Documents" (M-396), which may be ordered in bulk from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, National Distribution Center, P.O. Box 68912, Indianapolis, IN 46268; fax: (317) 290-3046.
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