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Know the Latest Updates from USCIS: COVID-19 Form I-9 Flexibilities Ending Soon!

COVID-19 temporary flexibilities for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, will end on July 31, 2023. U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that employers must complete in-person physical document inspections for employees whose documents were inspected remotely during the temporary flexibilities by August 30, 2023. 

This new announcement gives employers additional time to complete in-person physical inspection of identity and employment authorization documents, and annotate the Form I-9 for this population. These flexibilities were initially announced in March 2020 and updated in March 2021. See I-9 Central Questions and Answers for more information. 

DHS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for alternative procedures allowing remote document examination for Form I-9 last year.  DHS anticipates publishing a Final Rule in the Federal Register that will implement this proposal.  

Click here for more information:
https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-related-news/dhs-ends-form-i-9-requirement-flexibility


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This article has been written by Verdie J. Atienza, Esq., Senior Immigration Attorney, Head of E-2 and L-1 Visas Practice Team at Davies & Associates, New York Office.

Verdie J. Atienza is a Senior Attorney in charge of the firm’s L-1 and E-2 visa practice. He is a dual qualified lawyer in New York and in the Philippines and is qualified to practice immigration law in any state in the United States.