Labor & Employment Law Blog

Per USCIS’s webpage, “Minor Changes to Form I-9 and E-Verify Updates,” key updates to this new edition of I-9 include:

• Renaming the fourth checkbox in Section 1 to “An alien authorized to work;”
• Revising the descriptions of two List B documents in the Lists of Acceptable Documents; and
• Adding appropriate statutory language and a revised DHS Privacy Notice to the I-9 instructions (the updated I-9 instructions are available here).

USCIS notes that E-Verify will reflect these changes as well.

Despite issuing the new I-9, per USCIS, multiple previous editions of the I-9 remain valid until their expiration dates.  Employers using an electronic version of Form I-9 must update their systems with the version that has the expiration date of 05/31/2027 by 07/31/2026.

Employers with questions about the I-9 and other hiring requirements may contact the author of this post or their usual counsel at AALRR.

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