OC employers: new I-9 form required today
December 26th, 2007, 7:08 am · 20 Comments · posted by Jan Norman

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[quote]Today all businesses must start using the new I-9 form to verify employees’ eligibility for employment required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. I previously told you about this issue here and here. (Since then the new form has been posted; see link below.)

Previous versions of Form I-9, in English or Spanish, are no longer valid, and if you use them you will be subject to applicable penalties and fines.

The revised form reduces the number of documents employers can accept to verify employment eligibility. The government eliminated five documents because they lacked security features necessary to deter counterfeiting, tampering and fraud.

The five eliminated ID documents are:

* Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561)
* Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)
* Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-151)
* Unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327)
* Unexpired Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571)

In addition, employees no longer must provide a Social Security number unless they are employed by an employer who participates in E-Verify.

Download the Form I-9 here. For a copy of the revised Handbook for Employers, click here. (Both require Adobe Acrobat Reader.) The handbook answers the most frequently asked questions about the Form I-9.

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