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DHS Ending Temporary Policy for Form I-9 Identity Documents<\/h2>\nDHS Ending Temporary Policy for Form I-9 Identity Documents<\/h2>\nUPDATE: On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it is extending the I-9 compliance flexibility rules<\/a> another six months, expiring on October 31, 2022.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Beginning May 1, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending its temporary Form I-9 policy that allows employers to accept List B documents that expired on or after March 1, 2020.<\/p>\n DHS adopted the temporary policy in response to the difficulty of renewing documents during COVID. Since then, document-issuing authorities have reopened or provided alternatives to in-person renewals. Starting May 1, 2022, employers must return to only accepting unexpired List B documents.<\/p>\n If an employee presented an expired List B document between May 1, 2020, and April 30, 2022, you need to update their Form I-9 by July 31, 2022, as follows:<\/p>\n In March 2020, DHS began providing flexibility to certain employers who were hiring fully remote workers due to COVID by suspending the in-person Form I-9 document inspection requirement.<\/p>\n This flexibility has been extended several times, most recently through April 30, 2022. While DHS could still announce another extension, given the end of the expired document flexibility described above, we anticipate that this in-person inspection flexibility may also come to an official end. Prepare to resume in-person Form I-9 document examination. You can keep an eye on\u00a0this page<\/a>\u00a0for additional Form I-9 news and can revisit Form I-9 Instructions\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Looking for an efficient way to verify and bring on new hires? GTM’s payroll and HR platform, isolved<\/a>, uses e-Verify to compare the information from the new employee’s Form I-9 to data from the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security records to confirm eligibility for employment. This simplifies the employment verification process with results returned from the agency in seconds. The solution also works with paper I-9 forms.<\/p>\nForm I-9 Temporary Policy Action Item<\/h2>\n
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Remote Form I-9 Document Inspection Flexibility Scheduled to End April 30<\/h2>\n
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