Employment Eligibility Verification/E-Verify
Confirm the legal "right to work" status of newly hired employees and receive a verification number from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HireSafe is a Designated Agent by the Department of Homeland Security, and authorized to offer the new enhanced Form i9 Advantage program to streamline the on-boarding process.
E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows an employer, using information reported on an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to determine the eligibility of that employee to work in the United States. For most employers, the use of E-Verify is voluntary and limited to determining the employment eligibility of new hires only. There is no charge to employers to use E-Verify. The E-Verify system is operated by the Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Social Security Administration.
More than 238,000 employers are enrolled in the program, with over 16 million queries run through the system in fiscal year 2010. There have been over 3 million cases run through the system in fiscal year 2011 (as of December 11, 2010).
E-Verify is mandatory for some employers, such as those employers with federal contracts or subcontracts that contain the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) E-Verify clause and employers in certain states.
Common uses:
- Used in all industries for positions as part of the i9 federal requirement
- To assure complete compliance with the Immigration Reform Act
- To detect actions brought against an employer by the U.S. Government
