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How To Check Your Own Employment Eligibility In The United States

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Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched E-Verify Self Check, the first online E-Verify program offered directly to the U.S. workforce. E-Verify Self Check, is a fast, simple, secure and free service, that enables individuals to voluntarily check their own employment eligibility status.

If any mismatches are found between the information you provide and your Department of Homeland Security or Social Security Administration records, Self Check will inform you of how to correct those mismatches.

Once you have confirmed your employment eligibility using Self Check, you are unlikely to encounter difficulties upon being hired by an E-Verify participating employer.

USCIS is releasing E-Verify Self Check in phases, with the first phase only accessible to users who maintain an address and are physically located in Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Mississippi, Virginia, or the District of Columbia.

Learn more about E-Verify Self Check.

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E-Verify Facts:

  • E-Verify is a voluntary program for employers, with limited exceptions.
  • Companies can access E-Verify online and compare an employee’s Form I-9 information with over 444 million records in the Social Security Administration database, and more than 60 million records in Department of Homeland Security immigration databases.
  • More than 182,000 employers are enrolled in the program, with over 8.7 million queries run through the system in fiscal year 2009.
  • There have been over 3.6 million queries run through the system in fiscal year 2010 (as of January 16, 2010).
  • E-Verify is an essential tool for employers committed to maintaining a legal workforce, and the number of registered employers is growing by over 1,200 per week.

*Reported by Department of Homeland Security

Advantages of using FYI Screening for E-Verify:

  • As a designated E-Verify service provider, FYI Screening can help you join the growing ranks of those employers who use the E-Verify system to confirm the legal status of workers in the United States.
  • Seamless integration into our online background screening system. When you order a background check on an applicant you can easily order an E-Verify check.
  • Quick, accurate results
  • Confirmation number provides streamlined record-keeping in one convenient online location.  This is great for companies with multiple locations.
  • Reduces liability by providing an electronic trail for auditing.

For more information about E-Verify, please contact us at 1-800-809-2419 or click here.

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Judge Rejects Bid to Delay E-Verify Mandate

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The Wall Street Journal reports:

Agencies across the federal government Tuesday will start ordering contractors to use an electronic immigration system to verify the legal status of their roughly 3.8 million workers, barring an emergency stay from a federal appeals court in Virginia.

The sweeping new mandate, crafted by the Bush White House but being implemented by the Obama administration, represents a significant expansion for the so-called E-Verify system, which government officials and independent experts expect to become mandatory for all private employers nationwide in the future.

About 169,000 federal contractors and subcontractors will eventually be covered by the program taking effect Tuesday.

U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Williams, Jr., of Maryland, rejected an 11th-hour-effort late Friday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups to delay the mandate while a federal appeal is pending.

The rest of the story is here.

Read Porter Wright’s Employer Law Report – E-Verify: What Does This Mean For My Company?

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