New E-Verify process requires ongoing review of employee status reports

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released additional guidance for employers using E-Verify. Those employers must regularly check status change reports to identify employees whose employment authorization documents (EADs) have been revoked.

Employers are responsible for regularly accessing the report, the agency notes in a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) updated on August 26.

Information about a revoked EAD used to be provided automatically via case alerts in the system. Since late June, that information has been issued through status change reports that are accessed through an employer’s E-Verify dashboard.

The agency’s FAQs also note that:

• The report includes the document reverification date, case number, A-number (alien registration number), and document number for each affected case.
• An employer working with an employer agent should contact the agent for status report information.
• If an employee’s EAD card number matches a revoked number listed in the report, the employer must reverify the employee using Supplement B of the Form I-9 within a reasonable amount of time.
• An employee whose EAD has been revoked may provide other acceptable Form I-9 documentation to prove employment authorization.
• If an employee’s EAD card number is different than a revoked number listed on the report, the employer does not need to reverify employment authorization until the document expires.
• An updated status change report is posted about every two weeks.

Key to remember: Employers must regularly log into E-Verify and access status change reports to identify employees whose employment authorization documents have been revoked.