E-Verify is an online system for employers to check whether a potential employee is legally authorized to work in the United States. The system compares information from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records. If the information matches, the employee is eligible […]
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Employment Verification
The Department of Justice discussed the limit of how employers can verify employment related documents. The anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) prohibits unfair documentary practices during the employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) process. In general, employers are not allowed to request more or different documents than are required to establish a […]
Employment Authorization Self Check
For immigrants and non-immigrants who are authorized to work, when you look for a job your next employer may use E-Verify to make sure that you are legally authorized for employment. How do we know that the government system is up to date of the employment information? Now we can use Self Check to make […]
Immigration Programs Extended to 09/30/2012
On 10/28/09, President Obama signed the new bill of FY10 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill (P.L.111-83) into official law. The signed law extends the following immigration programs through September 30, 2012:
