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Utah State UniversityHuman Resources

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Table of Contents

What is Form I-9 and When Is It Needed?

Employer’s Role in Completing Form I-9

Acceptable Documents for Form I-9 (Section 2)

Compliance and Penalties for Errors

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What is the Form I-9?It’s the form used to verify an employee’s authorization to work in the U.S., required by law since 1986 for all employees providing services in the U.S.

The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), Dept. of Labor (DOL) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conduct audits of U.S. employers to enforce this program.

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Three Sections of the Form I-9Section 1: Employee Information and Verification

Section 2: Employer Review and Verification

Section 3: Updating and Reverification

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Who Completes the I-9 and When?

Section 1: Section 1 on Day 1, when employment begins Employee Information and VerificationEmployee must complete or before. Employee must provide original identity and work authorization documents (for Section 2) within three business days of starting work.

Because of E-Verify the USU HR office must have the completed I-9 form by the morning of the 3rd business day.

Section 2: Employer Review and VerificationEmployer must complete within three business days of the employee starting work (or by the 1st day of employment if the individual will work for three or fewer days).

Because of E-Verify the USU HR office must have the completed I-9 form by the morning of the 3rd business day.

Section 3: Updating and Reverification done by HR- Most Common Reason:Employee is a foreign national whose work permission has an expiration; employer must reverify before permission expires.

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Employer’s Role: Section 1

Blank Form I-9 may be reproduced provided both sides (Form and List of Acceptable Documents) are copied.

Ensure that the employee signs and dates the Form I-9. If not, employer assumes liability for false statements in Section 1.

If employer types or translates Section 1 for employee, employer must sign Preparer/Translator section.

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Note: It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure Section 1 is complete and accurate to the best of your knowledge.


Employer’s Role: Section 2

Establish the employee’s identity and verify work authorization.

Review the documentation presented by the employee and record the document title, issuing authority, document number and expiration date. *Do NOT over document.

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Employer’s Role: Section 2 Continued

Acceptable documents for I-9 purposes are broken down into different lists, according to what they help the employer establish:● List A documents establish both identity and work

authorization● List B documents establish only identity● List C documents establish only work authorization

Note: Always allow the employee to choose which documents to present. Telling them which documents to present for Section 2 or using more documents than required (over documentation) is considered Document Abuse and will result in a fine.

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Acceptable Documents for Form I-9

Don’t ask for more documents than you

need:

One from List A

- OR -One from List B

(containing photo)

+ One from List C

List A OR B AND C

Current Version: 08/07/09

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Examples:1

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SS Card


List A DocumentsEstablish Both Identity & Work

Authorization

U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card

Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551)

Foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp or temporaryI-551 printed notation on a machine-readable immigrant visa

Employment Authorization Document with a photograph (Form I-766 only.)

Foreign passport with an unexpired Arrival-Departure Record, Form I-94 or Form I-94A, bearing the same name as the passport and containing an endorsement of the alien’s nonimmigrant status, if that status authorizes the alien to work for the employer

Passport from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) or the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) with Form I-94 or Form I-94A indicating nonimmigrant admission under the Compact of Free Association Between the United States and the FSM or RMI

* As of April 3, 2009, employers can no longer accept any expired documents

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Example

Example

Example

Example

Example

Example


List B DocumentsEstablish Identity

Driver’s license or ID card issued by a state or outlying possession of the U.S. provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color and addressID card issued by federal, state or local government agencies or entities, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color and addressSchool ID card with a photographVoter’s registration cardU.S. Military card or draft recordMilitary dependent’s ID cardU.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner CardNative American tribal documentDriver’s license issued by a Canadian government authority

For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above:School record or report cardClinic, doctor or hospital recordDay-care or nursery school record

* As of April 3, 2009, all identity documents must be unexpired

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List C DocumentsEstablish Work Authorization

U.S. Social Security Card (referred to as Social Security Account Number Card), other than one that specifies on the face of the document that it does not authorize employment in the United States.

Certification of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545)

Certification of Report of Birth issued by the Department of State (Form DS-1350)

Original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal authority or outlying possession of the U.S. bearing an official seal

Native American tribal document

U.S. Citizen ID Card (Form I-197)

ID card for use of Resident Citizen in the U.S. (Form I-179)

Employment Authorization Document issued by DHS (other than those listed under List A) 12

Example


Section 1 Common ErrorsEmployee Information and Verification

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Employee did not:1. Sign the document2. Enter the date signed (not DOB)3. Attest by choosing of the four boxes and provide applicable number and expiration date (if required)4. Enter date of birth and Social Security Number* (if available)


The last two of the four boxes:

Section 1 Common Errors (continued)

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1. Alien # (A#): ________________This is the number on the Permanent Resident Card or Employment Authorization Document Card (EAD).

2. Admission # : This is the number on the I-94.

3. Alien authorized to work (Alien # from EAD or Admission # from I-94 card) until ____/____/_____ expiration date of work authorization .Make sure the employee signs and dates the Form I-9. If not signed, employer assumes liability for false statements in Section 1.


Section 2 Common ErrorsEmployer Review and Verification

California Drivers LicenseState of California

C3665577

08/22/08

Goofball Systems, Inc. 5555 Snooze Lane, Menlo Park, CA 94035

Elmer Fuzz Electrical Engineer

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1. List A OR Lists B and C not completed (or completed incorrectly – unacceptable documents or over documentation)

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2. Employer did not sign

3. Employer did not enter the employee’s start date

4. Employer did not enter the date the form was completed


Section 2 Common Errors (continued)

California Drivers License

State of California

A3339977

9/22/10

Social Security cardSocial Security Admin

111-11-1111

The information in Section 2 was entered in the wrong columns. It should be either:• One document from List A

OR • One document each from List B AND List C. Most common errors:• Documents provided by the employee are not

original and/or unexpired• Missing or incomplete employer information• Form I-9 was not completed within three days of hire 16


Penalties for ViolationsTechnical Errors (information recorded incorrectly or missing but available) – 10 days to correct before fined

Substantive Errors - $700-$900 per error depending on error and number of offenses

Penalties for record keeping violations range from up to $1,100 each for the “first offense” to $3,200 each person for a “pattern or practice” of violations. There could be criminal fines and imprisonment for knowingly hiring unauthorized workers.

Utah State University is in jeopardy of losing federal contracts if out of compliance with Department of Homeland Security regulations.

Random audits are being performed by Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Labor (DOL) or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Understanding E-Verify

E-Verify is the federal government’s Internet-based system for US employers to verify the employment eligibility of new hires against DHS and SSA databases.

Employers (HR) electronically submit the same information entered on the I-9 Form.

The E-Verify system sends online confirmation or non-confirmation information to employers in response to queries submitted electronically.

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U.S. Passport and U.S. Passport Card

A U.S. Passport is a document issued by the State Department to persons who have established citizenship in the U.S. by birth, naturalization or derivation. Passports are very reliable documents that may be used within the U.S. to establish citizenship, identity and work authorization.

NOTE: There are several different versions of the U.S. passport that are currently valid and vary from the version illustrated at left.

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A U.S. Passport Card is a is a wallet-size card similar to the U.S. Passport, except that it can only be used for land and sea travel between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda. The U.S. Department of State began producing the passport card in July 2008.

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Permanent Resident CardThe Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551, was introduced in January 1977 and phased in over a period of time. In addition to the photograph, the I-551 contains the bearer's signature and finger print. As with the older I-151 cards, this version I-551 generally does not contain an expiration date.

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Alien # - 9 digits

Document Expiration

Date

Document # - 3 Letters, 10 digits

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Unexpired Foreign Passport With Temporary I-551 Stamp

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VisaNumbe

rUpon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing

residence for 1 year

Note: Not all VISAs serve as temporary I-551 documents.

Must have annotation.

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Employment Authorization Document

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Alien # - 9 digits

Document Expiration

Date

Document # - 3 Letters, 10 digits

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Unexpired Foreign Passport, Form I-94, and Work Authorization (cont. on next

slide)

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Or Admission Number

Type of VISA and expiration date

(we typically see D/S = Duration of

Status)

I-94 # - 11 digits

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Unexpired Foreign Passport, Form I-94, and Work Authorization (cont. from

prev. slide)

Form Type (I-20

or DS-2019)

Expiration Date

SEVIS/Document Number

IssuingAuthority

Form I-20 for F-1 VISA holders (students)

Form DS-2019 for J-1 VISA holders (non-

students)

Note: This information can be listed in List C

area

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Passport from the Federated States of Micronesia or the Republic of

Marshall Islands

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Social Security Card

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Acceptable for List C document – Unrestricted

Unacceptable for List C document –

Restricted

Issuing Authority (watermark)

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