Form I-9

E154920

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document United States government form employment eligibility verification form

Form I-9 is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document used by employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for work in the United States.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Form I-9 canonical	3
Form I-9 employment eligibility verification	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document ⓘ United States government form ⓘ employment eligibility verification form ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ⓘ United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
antiDiscriminationProvision	employers may not request more or different documents than required ⓘ employers may not specify which documents an employee must present ⓘ
appliesTo	individuals hired for employment in the United States ⓘ
completionDeadlineSection1	no later than first day of employment ⓘ
completionDeadlineSection2	within three business days of employee’s first day of employment ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentList	List A documents ⓘ List B documents ⓘ List C documents ⓘ
electronicCompletion	permitted under DHS regulations ⓘ
employeeRight	may choose which acceptable documents to present ⓘ
employerObligation	must examine original documents presented by employee ⓘ must not knowingly hire or continue to employ unauthorized workers ⓘ
enforcementAgency	Immigrant and Employee Rights Section ⓘ surface form: Immigrant and Employee Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
exemption	independent contractors are not employees for Form I-9 purposes ⓘ
introduced	1987 ⓘ
isMandatoryFor	most employees hired after November 6, 1986 in the United States ⓘ
languageAvailability	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	8 U.S.C. § 1324a ⓘ Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ
listAPurpose	establish both identity and employment authorization ⓘ
listBPurpose	establish identity only ⓘ
listCPurpose	establish employment authorization only ⓘ
nonComplianceConsequence	civil penalties ⓘ possible criminal penalties for pattern or practice violations ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.uscis.gov/i-9 ⓘ
purpose	verify employment authorization of employees ⓘ verify identity of employees ⓘ
relatedProgram	E-Verify ⓘ
requires	employee employment authorization documentation ⓘ employee identity documentation ⓘ
retentionRequirement	retain for three years after date of hire or one year after employment ends, whichever is later ⓘ
section	Section 1 ⓘ Section 2 ⓘ Section 3 ⓘ
section1CompletedBy	employee ⓘ
section2CompletedBy	employer or authorized representative ⓘ
section3Purpose	reverification and rehire ⓘ
spanishVersionUsage	permitted as official form only in Puerto Rico ⓘ
updatedBy	USCIS regulations and form revisions over time ⓘ
usedBy	U.S. employers ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

E-Verify → basedOnForm → Form I-9 ⓘ

E-Verify → checksInformationFrom → Form I-9 ⓘ

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 → verificationMechanism → Form I-9 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Form I-9 employment eligibility verification

IRCA → createdDocument → Form I-9 ⓘ

subject surface form: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986