There was a
new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 form made available to
employers on Friday, March, 8 2013. For
companies that will be hiring new employees, the new Form I-9 should be used
during the hiring process. If an employer
plans on rehiring any former employees, the employer must use the revised Form I-9
as well. The new Form I-9 will be coded
in the bottom right hand corner of the document. To verify you have the most up to date Form
I-9, please make sure the code being used is (Rev. 03/08/13)N.
There are
several differences between the revised Form I-9 and the old one. The new revised Form I-9 provides the new
hire with more detailed and in depth instructions. Unlike the old I-9 forms, the new form is
compiled into two pages with added fields for the new hire to enter in his or
her e-mail address and phone number.
Employers will still be allowed to use the old I-9 forms which are coded
as (Rev. 08/07/09Y or 02/02/09N).
Employers will only be able to use these old forms until Tuesday, May 7,
2013. After this date, employers will
have to transition to the new revised I-9 forms.
If you have
not obtained a copy of the revised Form I-9, please visit the U.S. Citizens and Immigration
Services website. Once you are at
this website, please click the I-9 central link which is located under the
Verification tab on the right hand side of the website. For any questions regarding the new Form I-9,
please contact Ipswich Bay Advisors at (978)-777-6554.
Thank you.
