United States | USCIS makes Form I-9 and E-Verify updates April 2, current form versions remain valid

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services made minor changes to Form I-9 to align with statutory language and updated the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Notice. E-Verify/E-Verify+ citizenship status selection updates took effect April 3. Multiple previous editions remain valid until their respective expiration dates.

I-9 Form updates

• The revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, with an edition date of 01/20/25 and an expiration date of 05/31/2027 is now available for download.
• Multiple previous editions remain valid until their respective expiration dates. More information can be found on the USCIS “I-9 Central” website.
• The fourth checkbox in Section 1 was renamed to “An alien authorized to work.”
• Descriptions of two List B documents in the Lists of Acceptable Documents were revised.

E-Verify/E-Verify+ updates

• The citizenship status selection during case creation was updated to “An alien authorized to work.”
• Employers must select “An alien authorized to work” in E-Verify if the employee attests on Form I-9 as “A noncitizen authorized to work.”
• E-Verify cases will display “An alien authorized to work,” while employees and employers may continue to see “A noncitizen authorized to work” on Form I-9, depending on the form edition being used.
• E-Verify+ participants will see the updated 01/20/25 edition date and 05/31/2027 expiration date reflected in Form I-9NG.

Additional Information: More details on the updates can be found here.

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