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I-9 Central

Federal law requires that every employer* who recruits, refers for a fee, or hires an individual for employment in the U.S. must complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Form I-9 will help you verify your employee's identity and employment authorization.

*NOTE: We will refer to both employers and agricultural recruiters and referrers for a fee collectively as "employers" throughout I-9 Central.

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President Biden Issues a Memorandum on Extending Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians

President Biden issued a Memorandum on Extending Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians to the secretaries of state and homeland security that defers through June 30, 2026, the removal of any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who is present in the United States and who was under Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) as of June 30, 2024.

In addition, President Biden continued through June 30, 2026, employment authorization for individuals included in these categories.

We will publish a Federal Register notice as soon as possible to implement the president’s memorandum.

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UPDATE AS OF 2/29/2024: Ukrainian Employees with Parole and Re-Parole

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USCIS Extends Validity of Expired Permanent Resident Cards from 24 Months to 36 Months for Renewals October 28, 2024On Sept. DHS Secretary Implements Employment Authorization for Individuals Covered by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Lebanon October 18, 2024Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is implementing employment authorization for certain Lebanese nationals covered by Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Lebanon through Jan. 25, 2026. When an individual covered by DED receives an Employment Authorization Document with a Category Code of A11, they can show that they are authorized to work for Form I-9. For more information, see the Federal Register notice implementing DED for Lebanon as well as the USCIS Deferred Enforced Departure page. E-Verify Records Scheduled for Disposal October 07, 2024E-Verify employers have until Jan. 5, 2025, to download records for E-Verify cases last updated on or before Dec. 31, 2014. On Jan. 6, 2025, USCIS will dispose of these E-Verify records that are more than 10 years old.

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Form I-9

All U.S. employers must properly complete Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States.

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