USCIS extends Form I-9 expiration date
On August 27, 2009, the Federal Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new edition of Federal Form I-9 dated (Rev. 08/07/09) that extends the form's expiration date to August 31, 2012. The previous edition of Form I-9 dated (Rev. 02/02/09) expired on June 30, 2009.
Employers are responsible for completing and retaining the Form I-9 which verifies employment eligibility for each individual they hire to work in the United States.
Since the only material change to the form was the expiration date, employers are permitted to use either of the above Form I-9's to verify the employment eligibility of new hires and to re-verify the employment eligibility of employees whose work authorization expires.
Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf for the revised I-9 Form.
