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Employer Resources

When you hire a new employee, you must verify their identity and employment eligibility using Form I-9. You may be among the nearly 3 million proactive worksites that also use E-Verify to electronically verify Form I-9 information. The checklists, videos, and other English resources on this page will help you understand your responsibilities and make the hiring process easy.

Check out the resources customized for employers like you.

E-Verify Quick Reference Guide for Clients of E-Verify Employer Agents

Companies that choose to participate in E-Verify have the option to have an E-Verify employer agent create E-Verify cases on their behalf. This guide will assist you in verifying the employment eligibility of your new hires as the client of an E-Verify employer agent.

How Do I Use E-Verify - "How Do I" Guide for Employers (PDF, 685.52 KB)

This guide provides basic information to help you become familiar with E-Verify rules and procedures. 

Instructions to Download Historic Records Reports in E-Verify

USCIS annually disposes of E-Verify employer records that are 10 years old or older per the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) records retention and disposal schedule. The Historic Records report provides cases data about each resolved case that is 10 years or older as of December 31, 2012, for those dated on or before December 31, 2012. Click “Reports” along the navigation bar at the top of the page then select “View Reports” from the drop-down menu.

Quick Reference Guide for E-Verify Enrollment

This guide is designed to assist you throughout the E-Verify enrollment and user registration process.

Supplemental Guide for E-Verify Employers Agents

This guide provides a high level overview of the E-Verify process that E-Verify employer agents must follow when using E-Verify on behalf of their clients. 

Training Requirements and Guidelines for Web Services Users

This document provides training requirements and guidelines for employers and E-Verify employer agents that use E-Verify through a Web service. 

Supplemental Guide for Web Services Users

Step by step instructions for an easy way to save a PDF copy of our manuals.

E-Verify Quick Reference Guide for Employers

This guide provides a high level overview of the E-Verify process that employers follow when using E Verify. All users must follow the guidelines set forth in the E Verify Memorandum of Understanding for Employers (MOU). This guide should be used as a supplement to the E Verify User Manual.

Supplemental Guide for Federal Contractors

This E-Verify Supplemental Guide instructs federal contractors on the process for verifying employees through the E-Verify system. The E-Verify language in the regulation took effect on September 8, 2009.

Self-Assessment Guide for E-Verify Web Services Users (PDF, 396.51 KB)

Instructional guide using checklists to help current employers with user requirements and help improve participants’ overall use of E-Verify.

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