Revised I-9 Form Issued: Changes Acceptable Documentation

A revised I-9 Employment Verification Form was issued by the Homeland Security that includes the following changes to the Form I-9 process:

• Five documents have been removed from List A of the List of Acceptable
  • Documents:Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561)
  • Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)
  • Alien Registration Receipt Card (I-151)
  • Unexpired Reentry Permit (Form I-327)
  • Unexpired Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571)
• One document was added to List A of the List of Acceptable Documents:
  • Unexpired Employment Authorization Document (I-766)
• All Employment Authorization Documents with photographs have been consolidated as one item on List A:
  • I-688, I-688A, I-688B, I-766
• Instructions regarding Section 1 of the Form I-9 now indicate that the employee is not obliged to provide his or her Social Security number in Section 1 of the Form I-9, unless he or she is employed by an employer who participates in E-Verify.
• Employers may now sign and retain Forms I-9 electronically. See instructions on page 2 of the Form I-9.

Note: The Spanish version of Form I-9 may be filled out by employers and employees in Puerto Rico ONLY. Spanish-speaking employers and employees in the 50 states and other U.S. territories may print this for their reference, but may only complete the form in English to meet employment eligibility verification requirements.

The electronic form is available for fill in and download.  The PDF versions in English and Spanish are also available.  Download I-9Download I-9 (Spanish version)