E-Verify Is Unavailable, But I-9s Must Go on
During the December-January government shutdown, E-Verify and its services are unavailable according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This temporary downtime affects both employers and employees, but until budget appropriations are resolved, not everything is changed. Employers in construction won’t be able to create or act on E-Verify cases. Because of this, USCIS has suspended the “three-day rule” for …