Immigration compliance

BAL’s proactive approach to immigration compliance provides tailored support for companies of all sizes to prepare, train and protect their nonimmigrant workforce.

Are you prepared for an I-9 audit or worksite enforcement visit?

33%

of organizations with 201-500 employees reported compliance-related site visits in 2024

56%

of organizations with 501-1,000 employees reported compliance-related site visits in 2024

60%

of organizations with 1,001-2,000 employees reported compliance-related site visits in 2024

*Percentages are from a 2025 BAL Community benchmarking survey of 63 organizations across industries

 

How BAL helps companies stay on top of immigration compliance

  • Provide proactive, strategic guidance to promote compliance in a changing enforcement landscape
  • Conduct full program or targeted internal audits (including I-9 employment eligibility verification forms and E-Verify internal audits) with policy and process analysis, development and implementation
  • Identify potential risks and plan custom resolutions
  • Develop talent acquisition and retention strategies
  • Train on essential immigration and employment eligibility verification processes
  • Perform workforce forecasting, cost projections and benchmarking
  • Facilitate responses to government inspections
 

Compliance Advisory Legal Services strengthens I-9 programs

BAL has one of the largest immigration teams dedicated to Form I-9 employment verification and E-Verify compliance and program management. The Compliance Advisory Legal Services team is led by government legal experts who helped develop the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services I-9 Handbook for Employers M-274.

 

Case study | How BAL reduced noncompliance risk for a multinational IT company

BAL’s Compliance Advisory Legal Services team conducted an internal audit of I-9 employment eligibility verification forms for a multinational IT company when the COVID-19 pandemic presented new compliance challenges. After auditing the I-9 forms and examining the client’s policies and procedures, BAL identified how the company could correct potential violations on specific I-9s to reduce liability in the event of a government audit and provided steps for strengthening its compliance program moving forward.

“BAL leaves nothing to chance. They conducted internal audits and provided guidance to ensure that our employment eligibility verification program was fully compliant. Their training of our staff to improve program management was on point and never felt condescending. They are obviously experts at what they do, but more importantly, they were compassionate and always prompt to respond to our questions and needs. The impact they have had on our work with our foreign national team members has been immeasurable.”
— Fortune 500 BAL client

Have the right team in place at the right time

BAL has successfully represented clients in connection with Form I-9 audits and E-Verify compliance reviews. Case highlights include:

  • Serving as counsel in the largest Form I-9 investigation and settlement in history involving parallel investigations by multiple government agencies
  • Retained as counsel in connection with the most significant criminal Form I-9 investigation by the Department of Homeland Security

We have the resources and expertise to handle a range of government audits and inquiries, including, but not limited to, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Form I-9 audits and investigations, U.S. Department of Justice Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) discrimination investigations, E-Verify monitoring and compliance desk and in-person audits.

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