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To order USCIS forms, you can download them from our website at .uscis.gov/forms or call our toll-free number at 1-800-870-3676. You can obtain information about Form I-9 from our website at .uscis.gov or by calling 1-888-464-4218.

To order USCIS forms, you can download them from our website at .uscis.gov/forms or call our toll-free number at 1-800-870-3676. You can obtain information about Form I-9 from our website at .uscis.gov or by calling 1-888-464-4218.

Are there exceptions to the I-9 requirement? You are required to complete and retain a Form I-9 for every employee you hire for employment in the United States regardless of citizenship or nationality.

If they worked for less than two years, retain their form for three years after the date you entered in the First Day of Employment field. If they worked for more than two years, retain their form for one year after the date they stop working for you.

A new Form I-9 for 2023 with updated processes and fewer pages will be introduced this year. Once in place, employers are usually given 90 days to use the form in a compliant manner. Immigration Control and Enforcement (ICE) will announce an official timeline when the new processes are approved.

To correct multiple, recording errors on the form, you may redo the section on a new Form I-9 and attach it to the old form. A new Form I-9 can also be completed if major errors (such as entire sections being left blank or Section 2 being completed based on unacceptable documents) need to be corrected.

Employers can obtain a blank copy of Form I-9 from the USCIS website at https://.uscis.gov/i-9. This form is in portable document format (.pdf) that is fillable and savable. That means that you may download it, or simply print out a blank copy to enter information by hand.

ing to the USCIS website, “When an employee's employment authorization or employment authorization documentation (in most cases) expires, an employer must re-verify that the employee is still authorized to work.” Employers accomplish re-verification by completing section 3 of the employee's Form I-9.

Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, is the key element of E-Verify's web-based employment eligibility verification. E-Verify electronically compares information the employer enters from Form I-9 to records available to the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.