Get Retaining Form I 9 Worksheet

For recruiting, referral and rehiring unauthorized non-citizens violations, the penalties range from $627 to $5016 for first offenses for each knowingly employed unauthorized workers.

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.

You are not required to update Form I-9 when an employee changes his or her name. However, USCIS recommends that you maintain correct information on Forms I-9 and note any name changes in Section 3.

Before making any changes, review and follow the USCIS instructions for correcting a Form I-9. In the Workers section of the admin dashboard, click on the person whose I-9 you want to verify. ... Click on Documents on the left side of the page. In the I-9 section, place your pointer over Completed and click on Modify.

The new Form I-9 is longer, split into two pages – one side for the employee and the other for the employer – and has more detailed instructions – six pages attached to the Form I-9, and a revised 70-page M-274 Handbook for Employers.

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 MUST reverify an employee using Form I-9 Section 3 if their temporary employment authorization or temporary employment authorization document has expired. * Do not create a new E-Verify case for an existing employee you are reverifying.