E-Verify
E-Verify is an online system that verifies employment eligibility based on immigration status for all new hires. E-Verify is operated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA). It compares information from an employee’s I-9 form to data from DHS and SSA records.
Additional E-Verify information:
- E-Verify supplements the I-9 (it does not replace it).
- E-Verify cases are automatically submitted only after newly-hired employees complete the I-9 within I-9 Advantage and provide valid supporting documentation.
- If E-Verify cannot instantly verify the employee’s work authorization, the employer or employee may have to take action.
Possible E-Verify Results
Employment Authorized - All information has passed the E-Verify process and the E-Verify case is closed.
SSA Further Action Notice - The information on the employee’s I-9 did not match the information on file at the Social Security Administration. This does not mean that the employee is unauthorized to work. The E-Verify case remains open until resolved.
Common causes for this result:
- Citizenship or immigration status was not updated with SSA
- A name change was not reported to SSA
- Name, Social Security number, or date of birth is incorrect in SSA records
- SSA record contains another type of mismatch
- Information was not entered correctly by the employer
- Information was not entered correctly on the I-9
- Name, A number, and/or I-94 number does not match with date in DHS records
- U.S. passport or passport card, driver’s license, or state ID card information could not be verified
- Information was not updated in the employee’s DHS records
- Citizenship or immigration status changed
- The record contains another type of error
- Information was not entered correctly by the employer
- Photo Matching: The employee used a U.S. passport, permanent resident card (I-551), or Employment Authorization Document card (I-766, Employment Authorized card). The photo on the document must match the photo that is in the E-Verify database.
DHS Further Action Notice - The Department of Homeland Security could not verify employment eligibility. This does not mean that the employee is unauthorized to work. The E-Verify case remains open until resolved.
Common causes for this result:
- Name, Alien Registration Number (A-Number), Form I-94 (Arrival-Departure Record) number, and/or foreign passport number are incorrect in DHS records.
- U.S. passport, passport card, driver’s license, foreign passport, or state ID card information could not be verified.
- Information was not updated in DHS records.
- Citizenship or immigration status changed.
- The record contains another type of error.
- The employer did not enter your information correctly.
Human Resources will work with the employee to handle any result other than “Employment Authorized.”