There is an important news alert from (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) regarding the electronic Form I-9 and an error with Social Security Number entered on copies of the form that were downloaded between Nov. 14 and Nov. 17, 2016 from USCIS.

According to USCIS, there was a glitch when the revised Form I-9 was first published on Nov. 14, 2016.

Numbers entered in the Social Security number field were transposed when employees completed and printed Section 1 using a computer. For example, the number 123-45-6789 entered in the Social Security number field would appear as 123-34-6789 once the form printed.

 
If you do see the error:

Employers who notice their employees’ Social Security numbers are not written correctly should have their employees draw a line through the transposed Social Security number in Section 1, enter the correct Social Security number, and then initial and date the change. Employers should include a written explanation with Form I-9 about why the correction was made in the event of an audit.

Be sure you have the updated forms, downloaded from Employment Eligibility Verification | USCIS. And read the full alert here.

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