The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made minor changes to its Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The changes were made to better align Form I-9 with statutory language and to include a revised Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Notice.  

Key updates to the revised Form I-9 include:  

• Renaming the fourth checkbox in Section 1 to “An alien authorized to work.”  

• Revising the descriptions of two List B documents in the Lists of Acceptable Documents.  

• Adding appropriate statutory language and a revised DHS Privacy Notice to the instructions. 

Changes were also made to the E-Verify and E-Verify+ systems to reflect the updated terminology. The selection “A noncitizen authorized to work” has now been updated to “An alien authorized to work.”  

The revised Form I-9 is available for download. Look for an edition date of 01/20/25 with an expiration date of 05/31/2027.  

While employers may begin using the revised form immediately, multiple previous editions remain valid until their respective expiration dates:  

• Form I-9 (08/01/23 edition) is valid until 05/31/2027  

• Form I-9 (08/01/23 edition) is valid until 07/31/2026  

• Employers using an electronic version of Form I-9 must update their systems with the version that has the expiration date of 05/31/2027 by 07/31/2026.  

Employers should note:  

• If an employee attests on Form I-9 as “A noncitizen authorized to work,” the employer must select “An alien authorized to work” in E-Verify.  

• E-Verify cases will display “An alien authorized to work,” while employees and employers may continue to see “A noncitizen authorized to work” on Form I-9, depending on the form edition being used.  

• E-Verify+ participants will see the updated 01/20/25 edition date and 05/31/2027 expiration date reflected in Form I-9NG.  

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