{"id":256778,"date":"2017-07-24T06:06:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T20:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=256778"},"modified":"2017-07-24T06:06:41","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T20:06:41","slug":"uscis-released-revised-version-form-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uscis-released-revised-version-form-9\/","title":{"rendered":"USCIS released a revised version of\u00a0Form I-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instructions for how to download Form I-9 are available on the Form I-9 page.<br \/>\nEmployers can use this revised version or continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of Nov. 14, 2016 N through Sept. 17. On Sept. 18, employers must use the revised form with a revision date of July 17, 2017 N. Employers must continue following existing\u00a0storage and retention rules\u00a0for any previously completed Form I-9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revisions to the Form I-9 instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2022\tUSCIS changed the name of the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices to its new name, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u2022\tUSCIS removed \u201cthe end of\u201d from the phrase \u201cthe first day of employment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revisions related to the List of Acceptable Documents on Form I-9:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2022\tUSCIS added the Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Form FS-240) to List C. Employers completing Form I-9 on a computer will be able to select Form FS-240 from the drop-down menus available in List C of Sections 2 and 3. E-Verify users will also be able to select Form FS-240 when creating a case for an employee who has presented this document for Form I-9.<\/p>\n<p>USCIS combined all the certifications of report of birth issued by the Department of State (Form FS-545, Form DS-1350, and Form FS-240) into selection C 2 in List C.<\/p>\n<p>\t\u2022\tUSCIS renumbered all List C documents except the Social Security card. For example, the employment authorization document issued by the Department of Homeland Security on List C changed from List C 8 to List C 7.<\/p>\n<p>These changes are included in the revised\u00a0Handbook for Employers: Guidance for Completing Form I-9\u00a0(M-274), which is also easier for users to navigate.\u00a0(USCIS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructions for how to download Form I-9 are available on the Form I-9 page. Employers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[314,1699,399,119],"class_list":["post-256778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-computer","tag-homeland-security","tag-social-security","tag-uscis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}