The Social Security Administration (SSA) has not yet decided whether it will resume sending No-Match letters, according to a written statement issued today. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) had posed several questions to the SSA earlier last month concerning No-Match letters in light of the DHS’ recent decision to rescind the controversial No-Match letter rule. While today’s statement was brief, we did learn the following:

• While the decision on sending No-Match letters remains to be seen, the SSA will continue sending letters directly to employees to request correction of discrepancies in their records. These letters (known as DECOR or Decentralized Correspondence letters) are not sent to employers.
• The SSA has been engaged in a quality control study through its Office of Quality Performance (OQP) whereby they will contact an employer to request SSA documentation (either by mail or phone). According to SSA’s response today, this information is not being shared with other government agencies and is to be used for SSA internal purposes only. Thus far, seventy employers from six regions (Boston, New York, Kansas City, Dallas, Denver, and Seattle) have been contacted.

SSA also indicated that is not involved in conducting E-Verify compliance audits, data mining, or other E-Verify reporting. This appears to be under the exclusive jurisdiction of the DHS.