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December 20, 2012
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USCIS Launches E-Verify Employer Search Tool

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is replacing the lists of E-Verify employers and federal contractors that previously appeared on the E-Verify Website with a brand new online search tool. The E-Verify Employer Search Tool, which gives the public the ability to search and view E-Verify employers, includes several new features. Individuals can now search, filter, sort, and export...
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September 17, 2012
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E-Verify Website Gets a Makeover and Adds New Features

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made some improvements and added new features to its E-Verify site, which were implemented Sept. 16. (E-Verify is a voluntary resource that allows employers to check government documents of job applicants to verify their legal eligibility to work in the United States.) The changes are: E-Verify will now support Internet Exp...
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August 23, 2011
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USCIS Expands E-Verify to 16 Additional States

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The online E-Verify Self-Check program offered by the United States Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) has been expanded to 16 more states. Self-Check is open to individuals to verify that government databases contain the correct documentation to authorize them to work in the United States. The new states are California, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebra...
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May 16, 2011
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USCIS Launches I-9 Central Online Resource

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched I-9 Central, a new online resource center dedicated to the most frequently accessed form on USCIS.gov: Form I-9, Employee Eligibility Verification. The free Web site builds on recent employment-related enhancements by providing employers and employees simple one-click access to resources, tips and guidance to properly complete Form ...
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February 18, 2011
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E-Verify to Launch Self-Check Program on March 18

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The federal E-Verify online employment eligibility verification system, which began as a program named Basic Pilot, has long been used by employers to verify documents submitted by job applicants purporting to show their legal right to work in the United States. However, if an applicant submitted perfectly valid documents (passport, driver's license,social security card, visa, and so on) bu...
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November 12, 2010
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OFCCP Stops Including I-9 Audits in Visits

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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which conducts compliance audits of firms with federal contracts, has announced that it will no longer inspect I-9 employee eligibility forms during its visits. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), OFCCP had previously verified I-9 compliance and reported violations to ICE. Under its...
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November 11, 2010
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E-Verify Adds Passport Photo Matching

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas yesterday (Nov. 10, 2010) announced the addition of a passport and passport card verification feature on the government's online E-Verify employee eligibility system. “U.S. passport photo matching is another in the long line of enhancements we have made to improve the integrity of the E-Verify system,&rdquo...
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September 1, 2010
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E-Verify Adds Photo Verification Option

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Beginning this week, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is expanding the photo matching portion of its E-Verify program to include U.S. passports and driver’s license data.   This change will be effective at the start of September and will give companies and organizations that use E-Verify the capability of comparing photos from an individual’s U.S. p...
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July 29, 2010
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USCIS Clarifies 'Three-Day' Rule for I-9 Verification

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Employers have three business days after hiring someone to collect information and complete the I-9 employment eligibility verification form, whether on paper or using the E-Verify electronic system. This has long been known as the "three-day rule," but it has--according to a recent United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) statement--often been misinterpreted. Accordi...
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June 9, 2010
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E-Verify Spruces Up Its Web Interface Experience

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates the online E-Verify employment eligibility verification program, has announced some enhancements and improvements to the user experience, including a home page redesign. E-Verify is an extension of the former Basic Pilot program that allows employers to check the work-in-the-U.S. eligibility status of new hires by going online and verify...
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