Instructions For Uscis Form I-9 - Employment Eligibility Verification (Page 15 of 18) in pdf

USCIS Privacy Act Statement

AUTHORITIES: The authority for collecting this information is the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Public

Law 99-603 (8 USC § 1324a).

PURPOSE: This information is collected by employers to comply with the requirements of the Immigration Reform and

Control Act of 1986. This law requires that employers verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals they hire

for employment to preclude the unlawful hiring, or recruiting or referring for a fee, of aliens who are not authorized to work in

the United States.

DISCLOSURE: Providing the information collected by this form is voluntary. However an employer should not continue to

employ an individual without a completed form. Failure of the employer to prepare and/or ensure proper completion of this

form for each employee hired in the United States after November 6, 1986 or in the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands after

November 27, 2011, may subject the employer to civil and/or criminal penalties. In addition, employing individuals knowing

that they are unauthorized to work in the United States may subject the employer to civil and/or criminal penalties.

ROUTINE USES: This information will be used by employers as a record of their basis for determining eligibility of an

employee to work in the United States. The employer must retain this form for the required period and make it available for

inspection by authorized officials of the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor and the Department of Justice,

Civil Rights Division, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section.

Paperwork Reduction Act

An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection and a person is not required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The public reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated at 35 minutes per response, when completing the form manually, and 26 minutes per response when

using a computer to aid in completion of the form, including the time for reviewing instructions and completing and retaining

the form. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, to: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office

of Policy and Strategy, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20529-2140; OMB No. 1615-0047. Do not mail your

completed Form I-9 to this address.

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