May 12, 2023
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Last October, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
announced the end date for the COVID-related I-9 verification flexibility was
(and still is) scheduled for July 31, 2023. Given the number of times this
deadline had been extended, it seemed possible, though not probable, that it
would be extended yet again.
However, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has
now announced that the deadline is firm, and employers that were taking
advantage of the COVID-19-related flexibility will have until August 30, 2023,
to do in-person verifications of employment documents that were only inspected
virtually.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has
provided a very useful FAQ as well as instructions on how to notate the Form I-9 when inspected in-person
after originally being inspected virtually.
Next Steps
If you haven’t kept a list of those employees whose documents were inspected
virtually, pull that information together and determine who will serve as your
authorized representative to inspect the documents in-person.
Once you know whose documents need to be inspected and
their work location, you may be able to save both time and money on travel with
a bit of strategy. You can have different authorized representatives for
different regions. This job can be assigned to anyone you’d trust with a
sensitive task. Given that employers are liable for any violations in
connection with the form or the verification process, you should choose someone
who can pay attention to detail and train them on exactly how you want the verification
done. You can also outsource the role of authorized representative to a law
firm, notary, or someone else who can legally offer this service.
Finally, consider having someone from your HR team remotely oversee the in-person inspection (via phone call, video, or messaging app) to ensure a consistent process is followed as well as to be available to address any questions or concerns from the employee or person acting as the authorized representative.
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