{"id":984,"date":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/ib\/2019\/08\/22\/what-should-employers-do-when-current-form-i-9-expires-august-31\/"},"modified":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T00:00:00","slug":"what-should-employers-do-when-current-form-i-9-expires-august-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/ib\/uscis\/what-should-employers-do-when-current-form-i-9-expires-august-31\/","title":{"rendered":"What Should Employers Do When Current Form I-9 Expires August 31?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Citizenship &amp; Immigration Services (USCIS) has informed all employers to continue using the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, released on July 17, 2017, notwithstanding the August 31, 2019, expiration date listed on that form.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/ib\/1962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to USCIS<\/a>, a new edition of the Form I-9 will be \u201csoon be published.\u201d However, it has yet to be published and USCIS did not provide a timeframe for its release.\u00a0USCIS notes that in \u201cthe meantime, [employers] may file using the 07\/17\/17 edition.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Form I-9?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Form I-9 is an absolute requirement for all employers. The Immigration and Nationality Act mandates all employers to verify each employee\u2019s identity and eligibility to lawfully work in the United States. To do this, employers and employees must complete the Form I-9 and follow document review, compliance, and retention requirements. Failure to properly conduct employment eligibility verification through accurately completing the Form I-9 for each employee risks the imposition of significant civil and, in certain circumstances, criminal penalties.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Should Employers Do?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Normally, using an expired form would be considered a technical Form I-9 violation. Given USCIS\u2019 recent guidance, however, employers may continue using the Form I-9 that is expiring on August 31, 2019, without penalty, until USCIS publishes a revised version. Employers are reminded that USCIS may publish the revised Form I-9 at any time, so it is a best practice to require the download of the most recent Form I-9 directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/ib\/2447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USCIS\u2019 I-9 Central<\/a> with each new hire.<\/p>\n<section class=\"post_content\">To learn more about this post or any other immigration matter, please feel free to contact me at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rglahoud@norris-law.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rglahoud@norris-law.com<\/a>.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Citizenship &amp; Immigration Services (USCIS) has informed all employers to continue using the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, released on July 17, 2017, notwithstanding the August 31, 2019, expiration date listed on that form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,29],"tags":[61,149,205],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.1 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Should Employers Do When Current Form I-9 Expires August 31? - Immigration Matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/ib\/uscis\/what-should-employers-do-when-current-form-i-9-expires-august-31\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Should Employers Do When Current Form I-9 Expires August 31?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. Citizenship &amp; Immigration Services (USCIS) has informed all employers to continue using the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, released on July 17, 2017, notwithstanding the August 31, 2019, expiration date listed on that form.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/ib\/uscis\/what-should-employers-do-when-current-form-i-9-expires-august-31\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Immigration Matters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-22T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/ib\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/USCIS-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raymond G. 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