{"id":16073,"date":"2023-07-21T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accelvisa.com\/?post_type=alert&#038;p=16073"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:26:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:26:41","slug":"revised-i-9-effective-august-1-2023","status":"publish","type":"alert","link":"https:\/\/accelvisa.com\/alert\/revised-i-9-effective-august-1-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Revised I-9 Will Give Employers a New Option for Employment Eligibility Verification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 21, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2023\/07\/21\/dhs-provides-employers-certainty-and-new-flexible-option-employment-eligibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;that effective August 1, 2023, employers who participate in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-verify.gov\/employers\/enrolling-in-e-verify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">E-Verify<\/a>&nbsp;(a free web-based system operated by DHS in partnership with the Social Security Administration) have the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/public-inspection\/2023-15533\/alternative-procedure-optional-alternative-1-to-the-physical-document-examination-associated-with\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">option<\/a>&nbsp;to conduct employee verification electronically and with a live video call interaction. Accordingly, a revised&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/document\/forms\/i-9-paper-version.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I-9<\/a>&nbsp;will be published by USCIS on August 1, 2023. This is a welcome and timely announcement for employers impacted by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/i-9-central\/form-i-9-related-news\/dhs-ends-form-i-9-requirement-flexibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impending end<\/a>, on July 31, 2023, of the previous COVID-19 Form I-9 flexibilities which allowed employers to remotely inspect their employees\u2019 identity and work authorization documents. Note that employers who do not participate in E-Verify, have until August 30, 2023, to perform all required physical examination of identity and employment authorization documents for those individuals hired on or after March 20, 2020, and who have received only a virtual or remote examination under the COVID-19 temporary flexibilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Revised I-9 Will Give Employers a New Option for Employment Eligibility Verification - Accel Visa Attorneys, PC \u2013 Employment Immigration Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Revised I-9 Will Provide Employers With a New Flexible Option for Employment Eligibility Verification, Effective August 1, 2023\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/accelvisa.com\/alert\/revised-i-9-effective-august-1-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Revised I-9 Will Give Employers a New Option for Employment Eligibility Verification - 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