New I-9 Form for use on August 1, 2023

The Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the release of a new I-9 form that employers must begin using by October 31, 2023, or be subject to penalties.  The new I-9 form helps address remote employment by providing alternative document examination procedures, as well as including a checkbox to indicate when an employee’s documentation was examined using procedures provided by the Department of Homeland Security. Other updates to the I-9 form are intended to make the process easier for employers to use. The new I-9 form is scheduled to be released in August.
 
As a reminder, temporary flexibilities that were approved during COVID-19 for the I-9 form end on July 31, 2023. For employees whose documents were inspected remotely during the temporary flexibilities, employers must complete in-person physical document inspections by August 30, 2023.