U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Friday a new Form I-9—which has been streamlined and shortened—that employers should use beginning Aug. 1.
Employers must stop using the older version of the Form I-9 (Rev. 10/21/19) by Oct. 31, 2023. After that date, they will be subject to penalties if they use the older form.
During the rulemaking process, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed to create a framework under which employers could implement alternative document examination procedures, such as remote document examination. The new form has a checkbox to indicate when an employee’s Form I-9 documentation was examined using a DHS-authorized alternative procedure. At this time, the alternative verification methods are only available to employers currently using E-Verify, according to the new rule.