Update: This post was initially revised on March 20, 2020, to reflect the Department of Homeland Security's announcement regarding flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance for ...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a revised Form I-9 on April 2, 2025, reflecting minor yet significant updates that employers should promptly integrate into their hiring processes.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced that employers must correct Form-I-9s completed using the virtual remote flexibilities offered ...

Employers in the United States are required to use a new, shorter I-9 form that can now be filled out on mobile devices starting Nov. 1, according to Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a ...

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Question: I heard the federal government recently made changes to Form I-9. Can you explain what this means for employers when completing the I-9 process? Answer: On April 2, U.S. Citizenship and ...

Q: We lost an employee’s Form I-9. What are the steps to correct this? A: If an employer conducts an audit of its I-9s and discovers missing forms, it should go through the process again for those ...

News of the impending updated form proved timely, appearing less than two weeks before the end of USCIS’ temporary flexibility that allowed employers to conduct remote document verification. Moreover, ...

Every new employee is required by federal law to complete the entire I-9 process within three (3) days of their first day of work or risk termination of employment (unpaid) until documentation is ...