NEW I-9 FORM RELEASED

Effective now!

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service has released its revised Form I-9, effective December 26, 2007. Employers using outdated forms are subject to fines and penalties. The 2007 Form I-9 need only be used with new employees and current workers needing re-verification of citizenship.

The new form is designed to meet requirements that reduce the number of documents employers may accept as proof of employment eligibility. The announcement says the following documents are not acceptable because they can be easily forged or tampered with:

• Certificate of U.S. citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561)
• Certificate of naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)
• Alien registration receipt card (Form I-151)
• Unexpired reentry permit (Form I-327)
• Unexpired refugee travel document (Form I-571)

Acceptable documents include:

• U.S. passport (expired or unexpired)
• Permanent resident card or alien registration card (Form I-551)
• Unexpired foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp
• Unexpired employment authorization document that contains a photograph (Form I-766, I-688A or I-688B
• Unexpired foreign passport with an unexpired arrival-departure record (Form I-94) bearing the same name as the passport and containing an endorsement of the worker's nonimmigrant status for nonimmigrant aliens authorized to work for a specific employer.

For details, go to http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis, and click on the "Important Alerts" section of the website.