USCIS Announcement: Continue to Use the Current Form I-9 for Employment Eligibility Verification

On August 13, 2012, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, until further notice, U.S. employers should continue using the current version the the Form I-9 (Rev. 08/07/09), even after its expiration date of August 31, 2012.

To help determine if you are using the correct version of Form I-9, employers can also can also visit the “Which Form I-9 Should I Use,” page of the USCIS’ I-9 Central website.

The current version of the Form I-9 is  available on the forms section of the USCIS website (Title “Employment Eligibility Verification”,  Form Number “I-9”) .

In the announcement, USCIS states that the agency will provide updated information about the new version of the Form I-9 as it becomes available.

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