Employment Verification - Maryland Immigration Law Blog http://www.usimmigrationlawblog.com/cat-employment-based-immigration.html en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:07:33 -0500 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:29:48 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss UPDATE ON TWO-YEAR EAD CARDS

We recently reported that DHS Secretary Chertoff announced that USCIS will begin issuing Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) with a two-year validity period for a limited number of individuals who have applications for legal permanent residence status pending with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). On June 12, 2008, USCIS issued a fact sheet addressing frequently asked questions regarding the eligibility requirements for the two year EAD. In summary the fact sheet states:

  1. The two-year  EAD cards will be available to individuals with pending adjustment of status applications who have filed for an EAD and are currently unable to adjust their status to that of a permanent resident because an immigrant visa number is currently not available. Individuals with visa numbers that are available will continue to be granted EADs that are valid a one-year period.
  1. USCIS expects to implement these new rules for issuing EADs on June 30, 2008.
  1. Applicants who file for an initial EAD application with their adjustment of status application (Form I-485) will only receive a one-year EAD because such individuals can only file for adjustment of status if visa numbers are current. EAD Applicants are only eligible for a two-year EAD if their immigrant visa availability date retrogresses after their adjustment of status application is filed.
  1. The USCIS will decide whether to issue a two-year EAD based upon the most recent Department of State Visa Bulletin.

]]> http://www.usimmigrationlawblog.com/employment-based-immigration-update-on-twoyear-ead-cards.html http://www.usimmigrationlawblog.com/employment-based-immigration-update-on-twoyear-ead-cards.html Employment Based ImmigrationEmployment VerificationFamily Based Immigration Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:07:33 -0500 meetesh@meeteshpatel.com (Meetesh Patel) DHS Secretary Chertoff Announces that USCIS will begin issuing Employment Authorization Documents with a 2 year validity period for individuals with green card applications pending.

DHS Secretary Chertoff Announces that USCIS will begin issuing Employment Authorization Documents with a 2 year validity period for individuals with green card applications pending.

On June 9, 2008, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced at his State of Immigration Address that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be extending the validity period of the employment authorization documents (EAD) that are issued to individuals who applications for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident status (“green card”) pending.

Currently, such individuals are granted EADs with a maximum validity of one year. According to Secretary Chertoff, beginning later in June 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will start issuing EADs with a validity period of two years for individuals who have adjustment of status applications filed that are expected to be pending for more than one year.

 

]]> http://www.usimmigrationlawblog.com/employment-based-immigration-dhs-secretary-chertoff-announces-that-uscis-will-begin-issuing-employment-authorization-documents-with-a-2-year-validity-period-for-individuals-with-green-card-applications-pending.html http://www.usimmigrationlawblog.com/employment-based-immigration-dhs-secretary-chertoff-announces-that-uscis-will-begin-issuing-employment-authorization-documents-with-a-2-year-validity-period-for-individuals-with-green-card-applications-pending.html Employment Based ImmigrationEmployment VerificationEmployment VerificationFamily Based ImmigrationI-9 CompliancePERM (Program Electronic Review Management) process. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:28:01 -0500 meetesh@meeteshpatel.com (Meetesh Patel) Employment Verification Under Revised Form I-9 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on November 7, 2007, the issuance of a revised Form I-9 “Employment Eligibility Verification Form” as part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s campaign to eliminate the employment of undocumented workers. 

As of December 26, 2007, employers must use the new Form I-9 to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all employees for all new hires and to reverify expiring employment authorization documents (EADs). The purpose of the new I-9 form is to remove documents that lack security protections against fraud, streamline the verification process, and promote enforcement. Employers who fail to use the new I-9 form on or after this date will be subject to fines and penalties. The new version covers Form I-9 revisions, instructions for completing the form, photocopying of documents, prohibited discrimination practices, examples of acceptable I-9 documents, E-Verify, and other issues. 

]]> http://www.usimmigrationlawblog.com/employment-verification-employment-verification-under-revised-form-i9.html http://www.usimmigrationlawblog.com/employment-verification-employment-verification-under-revised-form-i9.html Employment Verification Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:15:33 -0500 meetesh@meeteshpatel.com (Meetesh Patel)