New Employment Verification I-9 Form
Today we received the new employment verification From I-9, edition date 
06/16/08. Be aware that no previous edition of the same form will be accepted. Please, also note there are several important changes made 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.
All employers in Florida should switch to the new form ASAP and used moving forward regardless of any time line provided by the government. This Will avoid any confusion later on. The new Form I-9 can be downloaded by clicking here.
