The state of Colorado now prohibits employers from demanding, confiscating, retaining or otherwise requiring employees, job applicants and other individuals performing or seeking to perform work (including seasonal employees or
Continue Reading Colorado Law Bars Employers From Confiscating Worker IDs, Requires Notice and AcknowledgementExpansion of Penalties for I-9 Violations Signals Rigid Enforcement Against Employers
Did you miss it? Last month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quietly updated its Form I-9 Factsheet without any formal announcement.
Read more about this silent revision in a
Continue Reading Expansion of Penalties for I-9 Violations Signals Rigid Enforcement Against EmployersI-9 Alert! New Form I-9
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published an updated version of the Form I-9. The revised Form I-9 has an edition date of 1/20/2025 and an expiration date of 5/31/2027.
Continue Reading I-9 Alert! New Form I-9What Should You Do If ICE Comes Knocking?
Plenty of employers are wondering how they might be affected by the new administration’s focus on immigration enforcement.
Immigration Practice Co-Chair Ali Brodie worked with Hospitality Practice Chair Carolyn Richmond
Continue Reading What Should You Do If ICE Comes Knocking?I-9 Alert! Tick-Tock: Employers Must Use the New Form I-9 by November 1st!
Beginning Wednesday, November 1, 2023, U.S. employers may only use the 08/01/2023 edition of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. USCIS announced a new Form I-9 in July 2023 which
Continue Reading I-9 Alert! Tick-Tock: Employers Must Use the New Form I-9 by November 1st!I-9 Alert! New Form I-9 and New Remote Verification Procedure for E-Verify Employers
On July 21, 2023, DHS announced a new edition of Form I-9 along with a new rule permitting certain employers to conduct remote inspection of the documents used in the
Continue Reading I-9 Alert! New Form I-9 and New Remote Verification Procedure for E-Verify EmployersI-9 Alert! End of COVID-19 Flexibilities
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced employers will have 30 days to achieve I-9 compliance with the Form I-9 requirements after the COVID-19 temporary flexibilities sunset on July 31, 2023.
Continue Reading I-9 Alert! End of COVID-19 FlexibilitiesUSCIS extends immigration related due dates for the FINAL time through 03/23/2023
On January 24, 2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced another extension of certain COVID-19-related flexibilities, now through March 23, 2023.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) originally implemented
Continue Reading USCIS extends immigration related due dates for the FINAL time through 03/23/2023
USCIS announces automatic extension of Permanent Resident Cards (“Green Cards”) for Naturalization Applicants
Effective Dec. 12, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated the USCIS Policy Manual to allow USCIS to automatically extend the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (a/ka/a Green Cards)
Continue Reading USCIS announces automatic extension of Permanent Resident Cards (“Green Cards”) for Naturalization ApplicantsICE Extends Temporary COVID-19 Flexibility for Form I-9 through July 31, 2023
Today, ICE announced an extension of the temporary COVID-19 flexibilities for completion of the Form I-9, initially announced in March 2020 and extended multiple times throughout the pandemic. Due to
Continue Reading ICE Extends Temporary COVID-19 Flexibility for Form I-9 through July 31, 2023