Advanced Copy of Interim Rule on I-9 Changes

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations governing the types of acceptable identity and employment authorization documents and receipts that employees may present to their employers for completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligiblity Verification. Under this interim rule, employers will not longer be able to accept expired documetns to verify employment authorization on the Form I-9. This rule also adds a new document to the list of acceptable documents that eidence both identify and employment authorization and makes several technical corrections and updates.

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