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Instructions for Form I-9,

USCIS

Employment Eligibility Verification

Form I-9

OMB No. 1615-0047

Department of Homeland Security

Expires 08/31/2019

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Anti-Discrimination Notice. It is illegal to discriminate against work-authorized individuals in hiring, firing, recruitment or

referral for a fee, or in the employment eligibility verification (Form I-9 and E-Verify) process based on that individual's

citizenship status, immigration status or national origin. Employers CANNOT specify which document(s) the employee may

present to establish employment authorization and identity. The employer must allow the employee to choose the documents to

be presented from the Lists of Acceptable Documents, found on the last page of Form I-9. The refusal to hire or continue to

employ an individual because the documentation presented has a future expiration date may also constitute illegal discrimination.

For more information, call the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) in the Department of Justice's Civil Rights

Division at 1-800-255-7688 (employees), 1-800-255-8155 (employers), or 1-800-237-2515 (TTY), or visit

https://

What is the Purpose of This Form?

Employers must complete Form I-9 to document verification of the identity and employment authorization of each new

employee (both citizen and noncitizen) hired after November 6, 1986, to work in the United States. In the Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), employers must complete Form I-9 to document verification of the identity and employment

authorization of each new employee (both citizen and noncitizen) hired after November 27, 2011.

General Instructions

Both employers and employees are responsible for completing their respective sections of Form I-9. For the purpose of

completing this form, the term “employer” means all employers, including those recruiters and referrers for a fee who are

agricultural associations, agricultural employers, or farm labor contractors, as defined in section 3 of the Migrant and Seasonal

Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Public Law 97-470 (29 U.S.C. 1802). An “employee” is a person who performs labor or

services in the United States for an employer in return for wages or other remuneration. The term “Employee” does not include

those who do not receive any form of remuneration (volunteers), independent contractors or those engaged in certain casual

domestic employment. Form I-9 has three sections. Employees complete Section 1. Employers complete Section 2 and, when

applicable, Section 3. Employers may be fined if the form is not properly completed. See 8 USC § 1324a and 8 CFR § 274a.10.

Individuals may be prosecuted for knowingly and willfully entering false information on the form. Employers are responsible for

retaining completed forms. Do not mail completed forms to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) or

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

These instructions will assist you in properly completing Form I-9. The employer must ensure that all pages of the instructions

and Lists of Acceptable Documents are available, either in print or electronically, to all employees completing this form. When

completing the form on a computer, the English version of the form includes specific instructions for each field and drop-down

lists for universally used abbreviations and acceptable documents. To access these instructions, move the cursor over each field

or click on the question mark symbol (

) within the field. Employers and employees can also access this full set of

instructions at any time by clicking the Instructions button at the top of each page when completing the form on a computer that

is connected to the Internet.

Employers and employees may choose to complete any or all sections of the form on paper or using a computer, or a

combination of both. Forms I-9 obtained from the USCIS website are not considered electronic Forms I-9 under DHS

regulations and, therefore, cannot be electronically signed. Therefore, regardless of the method you used to enter information

into each field, you must print a hard copy of the form, then sign and date the hard copy by hand where required.

Employers can obtain a blank copy of Form I-9 from the USCIS website at

https://

i-9.pdf. 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 may also request paper Forms I-9 from USCIS.

Certain features of Form I-9 that allow for data entry on personal computers may make the form appear to be more than two

pages. When using a computer, Form I-9 has been designed to print as two pages. Using more than one preparer and/or

translator will add an additional page to the form, regardless of your method of completion. You are not required to print, retain

or store the page containing the Lists of Acceptable Documents.

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