The Everything HR Kit

CHAPTER 8

Immigration

I-9 FORM—EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION

This form must be completed for all employees, whether citizens or noncitizens, hired after November 6, 1986, in order to show evidence of the employee’s eligibility to work in the United States according to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

The employee completes Section 1 of the form and provides documents to establish his identity and employment eligibility.

The employer reviews the documents to ensure that they are acceptable and signs the certification part, Section 2, on Form I-9. Copies of the documents reviewed must be stapled to the I-9 form and routed through the same channels as the new hire paperwork. Copies of identification cards such as a driver’s ...