J.J. Keller in their HRClicks Newsletter reports that the I-9 program's capabilities expanded to include U.S. passport photo matching — enabling E-Verify to automatically check the validity and authenticity of all U.S. passports and passport cards presented for employment verification checks, as announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
The identity of new employees who present a U.S. passport or passport card to E-Verify employers can now be verified by comparing the data to state department records. Approximately 10 percent of all E-Verify queries currently provide a U.S. passport to establish both identity and employment authorization in order to prove employment eligibility.
E-Verify has provided photo matching capabilities to employers throughout the nation to verify the identity of new employees when they presented employment authorization documents or permanent resident cards as proof of identity and work authorization for the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, since 2007.
DHS, in partnership with the Social Security Administration, operates the E-Verify web-based system which is now used by more than 230,000 employers at more than 800,000 worksites.
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