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Employment authorization documents (EADs) with a category code of “A-12” or “C-19” and a Card Expires date as indicated in the chart below, remain valid through Jan. 2, 2020.
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Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan announced that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Syria has been extended for 18 months, through March 31, 2021. Current beneficiaries who want to maintain their status must re-register September 23, 2019 through November 22, 2019.
Given the timeframes for processing TPS re-registration applications, USCIS has automatically extended the validity of certain Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) issued under the TPS designation of Syria through March 28, 2020.
All E-Verify videos are now located on the new E-Verify video resources page, your one-stop location for important topics you need to know about E-Verify. Watch our videos on E-Verify.gov to learn about the benefits of the program, how to create a case, and employee rights.
Until further notice, employers should continue using the Form I-9 currently available on I-9 Central, even after the expiration date of Aug. 31, has passed.
We will provide updated information about the new version of the Form I-9 as it becomes available.
We understand the day-to-day realities of running a business and built E-Verify with employer’s needs and concerns in mind. The fourth video in our small business series illustrates how E-Verify can help businesses simplify the employment eligibility verification process.
Watch the fourth video in our series: E-Verify Small Business: What shapes your success, then visit E-Verify.gov and enroll with confidence.
We understand the day-to-day realities of running a business and built E-Verify with employer’s needs and concerns in mind. Over the next several weeks, we’ll release a series of videos that illustrates how employers can use E-Verify to simplify the employment eligibility verification process.
Watch the first video in the series: E-Verify Small Business: What drives your success, then visit E-Verify.gov and enroll with confidence.
Some nonimmigrants are employment authorized incident to status in the U.S., which means they are eligible to work based on their nonimmigrant status or are eligible to apply for employment authorization. However, other nonimmigrants, such as temporary visitors for pleasure, are not eligible to work in the U.S.
Discover E-Verify’s key benefits and functions in the E-Verify Benefits video. In less than two minutes, learn about the simple, effective, and efficient tool that businesses and employers can use to confirm their workforce’s employment eligibility.
You can only accept unrestricted Social Security cards as a List C document.
Do not accept an employee’s restricted Social Security card that is stamped with one of the following restrictions:
USCIS published a Federal Register notice to invite public comments on our proposed extension of Form I-9 before it expires on August 31.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires a 60-day and a 30-day comment period for this Form I-9 extension. The second comment period will be open for 30 days, until July 5, 2019.