The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Special Counsel of the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint State Letter on employment ...

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 requires all U.S. employers to complete a Form I-9 upon hiring a new employee to work in the United States. Civil and criminal fines and penalties ...

Every new employee (faculty, staff and student) is required by federal law to complete the entire I-9 process within three (3) days of their first day of work or risk termination of employment (unpaid ...

Update: This post was initially revised on March 20, 2020, to reflect the Department of Homeland Security's announcement regarding flexibility in requirements related to Form I-9 compliance for ...

Question: I heard the federal government recently made changes to Form I-9. Can you explain what this means for employers when completing the I-9 process? Answer: On April 2, U.S. Citizenship and ...

Employers in the United States are required to use a new, shorter I-9 form that can now be filled out on mobile devices starting Nov. 1, according to Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), a ...

Daniel Brown is a Partner in Fragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP’s Washington, D.C. office, and is part of the firm’s government strategies and compliance group. His experience includes counseling ...