Monday, February 02, 2009

New I-9 forms delayed

On February 2, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it delayed by 60 days, until April 3, 2009, the effective date for using the revised Form I-9, originally scheduled to go into effect today.

Here comes the tricky bit -
Employers who use the new form prior to the April 3, 2009 effective date are subject to civil monetary penalties.

Be careful, and don't jump the gun. ONLY use the form which is currently in effect, not the new one.