General Compliance   

General Resources

• Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
• M-274, Handbook for Employers: Instructions on Completing Form I-9
• M-396, Guide to Selected U.S. Travel and Identity Documents
• M-584: I Am an Employer...How Do I...Complete Form I-9, Employment Verification?
• ICE Worksite Enforcement Advisory - Know Your Workforce: The Key to Immigration Compliance

News Updates

2012

• December 20, 2012 USCIS Offers E-Verify Employer Search Tool

• October 3, 2012 USCIS Extends TPS for Haitians

2011

• November 10, 2011: USCIS Extends TPS for Nicaraguans and Hondurans

• October 13, 2011: TPS for Sudan & The Republic of South Sudan +  I-9 Tips

• August 15, 2011: E-Verify Self-Check Expands to Include 16 More States + A Spanish Language Site

• June 13, 2011: USCIS and Mississippi Partner to Combat Fraud

• May 16, 2011: USCIS Launches "I-9 Central"

• May 5, 2011: Spanish Version of E-Verify Website Now Available

2010

• November 15, 2010: E-Verify Updates Photo Tool to Include U.S. Passport Photo Matching

• October 12, 2010: Abercrombie & Fitch Fined Over $1 million for Electronic I-9 System Failures

• October 12, 2010: USCIS Automatically Extends EAD Cards for TPS Re-Registrants from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua

• September 15, 2010: ICE Casts the Last Chill of the Fiscal Year: A New Round of National Audits

• September 8, 2010: New Puerto Rican Birth Certificates & Driver's Licenses Marked Not Valid as ID - Is the I-9 Process Affected?

• August 17, 2010: Arizona Snapshot Indicates Increased Odds for September ICE Investigations. Are You Gambling with Compliance?

• August 10, 2010: "Brave New World For All of Us" - Highlights from the IMAGE Employer Training Conference

• July 26, 2010:  ICE Updates Best Practices for IMAGE Program

• July 26, 2010:  Electronic I-9 Regulation Posted in Federal Register on July 22, 2010

• July 22, 2010: Concessions and Confusion: The NEW Electronic I-9 Final Rule

• July 7, 2010: Clarification: Employers Have Four Days to Complete Section 2 of the Form I-9 and Initiate E-Verify

• July 6, 2010: Federal Agency Modifies All Contracts to Include E-Verify Clause

• July 6, 2010: Laws to Impact Hiring Practices in 3 States

• June 10, 2010: USCIS' Fraud Detection Efforts Continue: Employment Authorization Document and Permanent Residence Card Redesigned

• May 4, 2010: USCIS Posts Q&A on F-1 Students Applying for the FY2011 H-1B Cap

• April 23, 2010: New Law Invalidates Puerto Rican Birth Certificates as of July 1, 2010

• March 2010: Advising Your Clients on the Selection of an Electronic I-9 Software Provider, co-authored by Dawn Lurie
  

• February 9, 2010: Latest Issue of OSC Newsletter Contains Articles on Compliance Issues
  

• January 19, 2010: USCIS Issues H-1B Guidance on Establishing the "Employer-Employee Relationship"
  

• January 13, 2010: USCIS Announces Change to Organizational Structure

2009

2008

• December 12, 2008: USCIS Revises I-9 Form
  
  
• December 2008: Illegal Immigrant Eligible to Recover Lost Wages From Employer Despite Providing Fraudulent Documents
  
  
• September 17, 2008: ICEs IMAGE Program Adds 37 New Members
  
  
• August 11, 2008: USCIS Informs the Public that New Passport Card is Acceptable for Employment Eligibility Verification
  
  
• March 2008: USCIS Issues Rule Affecting H-1B Cap Filings