A new version of the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form has been issued. The new version is dated 10/21/19 and will be mandatory May 1, 2020.

You can start using the new version anytime, and will have to use it in May. Current employees don’t need to fill out a new one, but re-verifications will have to be done on the new form after May 1st.

Remember Form 1-9 are not to be stored with the employee files. Make sure to note any expiration dates of documents used to verify eligibility to work so you can ask the employee to fill out a new one before that date.

There is an electronic version as well as a paper version here: US Citizenship & Immigration Services