A new E-Verify help document is now available online through the E-Verify web site which provides instructions on how to prove that your company (or more accurately, your organization) participates in E-Verify. Presumably, the USCIS is anticipating that federal contractors may need to demonstrate their enrollment in E-Verify by providing some form of proof to a contracting officer. Likewise, subcontractors may need to do the same to ensure their prime contractors that they are abiding by the E-Verify clause.
The actual document is available here. Essentially, it instructs an organization to print-out the Company Information screen from E-Verify. It’s unclear whether this is a final document, but hopefully we’ll receive additional guidance next week.
A new E-Verify help document is now available online through the E-Verify web site which provides instructions on how to prove that your company (or more accurately, your organization) participates in E-Verify. Presumably, the USCIS is anticipating that federal contractors may need to demonstrate their enrollment in E-Verify by providing some form of proof to a contracting officer. Likewise, subcontractors may need to do the same to ensure their prime contractors that they are abiding by the E-Verify clause.
The actual document is available below. Essentially, it instructs an organization to print-out the Company Information screen from E-Verify. It’s unclear whether this is a final document, but hopefully we’ll receive additional guidance next week.
Today, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminded federal contractors and subcontractors of the new regulations going into effect on September 8, 2009. The announcement (dated September 1, 2009) explains that the E-Verify federal contractor rule extends use of the E-Verify system to covered federal contractors and subcontractors, including those who receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. Under the rule, applicable federal contracts awarded or amended on or after September 8 must include a clause committing government contractors to use E-Verify.
The notice also provides the latest E-Verify enrollment statistics: “More than 145,000 participating employers at nearly 550,000 worksites nationwide currently use E-Verify to electronically verify their workers’ employment eligibility. Since Oct. 1, 2008, more than 7.6 million employment verification queries have been run through the system and approximately 97 percent of all queries are now automatically confirmed as work-authorized within 24 hours or less.”
