• Importantly, the new year often brings changes to government procedures that can affect employment practices or employees’ immigration proceedings. With the change in year, the immigration service often changes its immigration filing locations, updates immigration and related forms, and imposes new fees on certain applications. It is important to check with immigration counsel regarding any upcoming changes and discuss their impact on the company and employees.
  • In the spirit of “in with the new – out with the old,” E-Verify records more than 10 years old will be deleted from the system. Employers performing year-end review and maintenance of I-9 files should note that they will no longer have access in E-Verify to cases created on or prior to December 31, 2007. Importantly, Historic Records Reports, which store transaction records for old cases, will only be available for download until February 28, 2018. We recommend retaining the Historic Records Report with the I-9 forms.