In the time of COVID-19, HR departments and I-9 compliance managers across the US are getting used to a new […]
Last week, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated their guidance on how to annotate the Form I-9 […]
Today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced another 30-day extension of their flexible remote I-9 verification process, which was set […]
Prior to COVID-19, Immigration practitioners across the US were already grappling with ever-changing immigration policies, rapid increases in Requests For […]
Slowly, but surely, businesses across the United States are reopening — is your organization prepared? While reopening plans may vary […]
As businesses across the US wrestle with the decision of how (and when) to bring their employees back into the […]
This may come as a surprise to some, but one of more pervasive mistakes in I-9 compliance has nothing to […]
On Tuesday, April 27, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a substantial revision to the Handbook for […]
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced yet another “temporary” Form I-9 policy in the wake of […]
During the past month, HR departments across the US have scrambled to implement a truly “remote” new hire Form I-9 […]
In an April 2020 report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the USCIS has not provided employers with consistent […]
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a dedicated Q&A webpage to address the new temporary Form […]
It’s been almost two weeks since DHS announced their new “flexible” Form I-9 option, which enables employers to conduct a […]
UPDATED: On Monday, March 30, 2020, the USCIS provided us with revised (and clarified) guidance on how to document an […]
On Saturday, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued new E-Verify guidance for employers in response to the […]
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that they are implementing a special Form I-9 exception for employers who […]
***3/20/20 UPDATE*** DHS has announced a new flexible I-9 policy, which enables certain employers (operating remotely) to defer the in-person […]
Yesterday, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) initiated a bold new experiment in their annual cap-subject H-1B selection […]
During the past couple of weeks, I-9 aficionados across the country have been talking about the release of the new […]
E-Verify has long been considered the promised land of employment eligibility verification in the US, ever since it was first […]
Yesterday, the White House unveiled a $4.8 trillion budget for the next fiscal year which includes $49.8 billion in funding […]
As employers, you all know that mistakes happen when completing the Form I-9. If you dare to look at your […]
Today, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published the long-awaited update to the Form I-9, a ubiquitous document which […]
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice, through its Immigrant and Employee Rights (IER) section, announced yet another settlement agreement […]
Attendees got the inside scoop on Remote I-9s…and then some. Completing remote I-9s (compliantly) is a hot topic for HR […]
Most HR compliance managers have at least one “I-9 related” nightmare from their past, which haunts them from time to […]
If you are an employer seeking to recruit talented foreign nationals to fill in-demand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) […]
When HR managers think of Form I-9 inspections, they often imagine the proverbial knock at the door from ICE (Immigration […]
As Form I-9 inspections continue to heat up across the US, employers in Oregon now have a new obligation to […]
As much of the nation continues to swelter through searing hot temperatures, employers across the US have been experiencing a […]
It’s not widely known, but E-Verify, the “free” system for confirming work authorization in the United States, actually leads a […]
As we reported in April, the federal government is in the midst of reviewing the Form I-9 “collection” in anticipation […]
One of the most interesting (and often challenging) aspects of Form I-9 and E-Verify compliance is deciphering fact from fiction. […]
In the HR world, the release of a new Form I-9 is potentially a big deal. On paper, it may […]
There’s an old adage that says what you do today will affect tomorrow – an inspirational quote often intended to […]
There are several incessant worries in the realm of I-9 compliance that bother even the most experienced HR manager among […]
Author’s Note: this blog (originally published on January 28, 2019) has been updated to reflect clarifying guidance from the USCIS […]
The Form I-9 often feels like a hopelessly antiquated process, stuck forever in a time when good penmanship was highly […]
Many in HR are probably all too familiar with the rippling effects of the 2019 government shutdown, including the temporary […]
With the new year upon us and hiring in the US at an all-time high, the Form I-9 is once […]
The partial federal government shutdown (now in its 12th day) has gotten a lot of media attention for good reason. […]
As an attorney and self-proclaimed compliance wonk, it always amazes me how much havoc (and confusion) a simple two or […]
If you’ve ever stared at the Form I-9 and wondered (perhaps aloud) why a seemingly innocuous-looking form has so many […]
On December 3, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed regulation in the Federal Register that would […]
During the past few weeks, it’s been hard to escape midterm election mania here in the US. Whether you prefer […]
As of October 1, 2018, the E-Verify system can now check driver’s license data from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for employers using E-Verify through the “web” interface.
For employers, the dog days of summer have clearly arrived as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its onslaught of […]
Once upon a time, I-9 compliance was a relatively simple topic for HR and hiring managers. There was a one-page […]
[Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is courtesy of Bruce E. Buchanan, an attorney at the Nashville and Atlanta offices of Sebelist […]
Yesterday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed what many employers across the US have been feeling this year – the […]