Mark A Ivener, A Law Corporation

Category: I-9


Is Your Company Ready For Obama’s Executive Action?

In the Wake of President Obama’s Executive Action which will give around 5 million people work authorization, companies will need to make decisions about what to do when newly work-authorized employees come forward to correct their W-4 and I-9 paperwork. As a result of President Obama’s Executive Action announced in November millions of undocumented immigrants… Read More

OCAHO Reduces Employer’s Fines for I-9 Violations

The Department of Justice’s Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) recently reduced fines imposed on New Outlook Homecare, LLC, for violations related to the Form I-9, Employment Authorization Verification. The complaint filed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alleged that New Outlook failed to ensure that employees properly completed section 1 of… Read More

OSC Clarifies I-9 Verification for Refugees, Asylees

In response to a query, Seema Nanda, Deputy Special Counsel of the Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC), clarified the application of documentation requirements related to Form I-9 work authorization verification for refugees and asylees. Eileen Scofield of Alston & Byrd asked what steps employers should take when… Read More

OSC Discourages Pre-Population of I-9 Forms

The Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) recently responded (PDF) to a query about whether pre-population of employee information in section 1 of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, is permissible. The query stated that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had said that pre-population is impermissible. The OSC’s… Read More

OSC Recommends Against Contractor Requiring Subcontractor’s Employees To Produce Original I-9 Documents

The Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) recently responded (PDF) to a query about whether a contractor can require employees of subcontractors to produce the original documentation they had used for I-9 work authorization verification purposes for employment with the subcontractor. The OSC did not delve into the… Read More