6.2 Reverifying or Updating Employment Authorization for Rehired Employees

If you rehire employees within three years from the date you completed their previous Form I-9, you may complete a block on Supplement B, Reverification and Rehire, or you instead complete a new Form I-9.

Figure 9: Completing Supplement B, Reverification and Rehires

If completing a Supplement B block for a rehired employee, follow these guidelines:

• If they are still authorized to work, they do not need to provide any additional documents. This includes U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, and lawful permanent residents who presented a Form I-551. For these employees, you must:
  • Enter the employee’s full name from the original Form I-9 at the top of the supplement. Enter any name change in the New Name fields. Enter only the part of the name that has changed. For example, for employees who changed only their last name, enter the last name in the Last Name field and leave the First Name and Middle Initial fields blank.
  • Enter their rehire date in the Date of Rehire field.
  • Enter your name and sign and date the supplement block.
• If their employment authorization has expired, you must:
  • Enter the employee’s full name from the original Form I-9 at the top of the supplement.
  • Enter any name change in the New Name fields.
  • Enter the rehire date in the Date of Rehire field.
  • Reverify their employment authorization in the Expiration Date fields.
  • Enter your name and sign and date the supplement block.
• If the previous Form I-9 is an old version of the form, you must complete a new block in Supplement B on the current version of the form. Please check uscis.gov/i-9 for the current Form I-9.
• If you already used a block in Supplement B of the employee’s previous Form I-9, but are rehiring them within three years of the date the original Form I-9 was completed, complete a subsequent block on the supplement. Employees rehired three years after you originally completed their Form I-9 must complete a new Form I-9.
• Enter the employee’s new name, if applicable.
• Enter the employee’s date of rehire, if applicable
• Enter the List A or C document title, number, and expiration date (if any)
• Sign and date the block of the supplement you completed.

Note: If you need to reverify the employment authorization of an existing employee who completed an earlier version of Form I-9, the employee may choose any List A or C document(s) from the Lists of Acceptable Documents for the most current version of Form I-9. Enter the information from the new document(s) in Supplement B, Reverification and Rehire of the current version of Form I-9 and keep it with the previously completed Form I-9. Visit uscis.gov/i-9 for the most current version of Form I-9.