On March 16, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) published a fact sheet that changes how many Form I-9 violations are classified.

ICE’s updated I-9 guidance expands which errors may be treated as substantive violations, changing when employers can still ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has updated its Form I-9 Inspection Fact Sheet to reflect that errors previously classified ...

Q: We lost an employee’s Form I-9. What are the steps to correct this? A: If an employer conducts an audit of its I-9s and discovers missing forms, it should go through the process again for those ...

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 ...

Diane Costagliola is a researcher, librarian, instructor, and writer who has published articles on personal finance, home buying, and foreclosure. Form I-9 verifies the identity of U.S. workers. U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Staying on top of Form I-9 might seem like a headache, but it could save you thousands of dollars. While the total number of I-9 audits remains relatively low, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...