I-9

New and Updated

• Date:

  October 10, 2025

  Type:

  News

  E-Verify Is Back Online

  Employers that participate in E-Verify must create an E-Verify case by October 14 for each employee hired while E-Verify was not available.

• Date:

  October 1, 2025

  Type:

  News

  Government Shutdown Has Wide-Ranging Effects

  The E-Verify system is not available, and federal agencies are scaling back their enforcement efforts while the government is shut down.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  New Hire Paperwork: South Dakota

  South Dakota does not have a state law applicable to private employers related to obtaining information from, or providing information to, new hires during the onboarding process.

• Date:

  July 1, 2025

  Type:

  News

  DHS to Employers: Use E-Verify to Monitor Employee Authorization Documents Yourselves

  E-Verify will no longer alert employers that current employees' work authorization documents are revoked. Instead, employers must use a new E-Verify feature to generate a status change report of their employees' authorization.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Immigration, Form I-9 and Work Visas: Montana

  Updated to reflect the requirements of the Legal Employment and Government Accountability Law, effective July 1, 2025.

• Date:

  April 7, 2025

  Type:

  News

  New Form I-9 Uses "Alien" Instead of "Noncitizen"

  After the Biden administration replaced "alien" with "noncitizen," US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) restored the term in its latest edition of the Form I-9.

• Type:

  Letters and Forms

  Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

  Updated to reflect the Form I-9 with a revision date of 01/20/25. 

• Date:

  January 21, 2025

  Type:

  Commentary and Insights

  Ask Our Experts: Form I-9

  With the renewed focus on Form I-9 compliance and enforcement under the new presidential administration, Ask Our Experts has the answers to some common I-9 retention questions.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Is an employer required to terminate an employee if the employee's work permit expired and they are waiting for the new one?

  Updated to reflect the expiration of a rule on October 26, 2023 that temporarily increased the Employment Authorization Document automatic extension period for certain renewal applicants to 540 days.

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Trust But (Remotely) Verify: Your Guide to the Form I-9 Alternative Document Examination Procedure

  On the same day it released a new version of the Form I-9, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a long overdue modernization of the employment eligibility verification process. This guide helps employers prepare for the optional alternative procedure for remotely examining employees' identity and work authorization documents, provides tips to successfully adopt and complete the new process and answers several frequently asked questions.