E-Verify employer agents use E-Verify to confirm the employment authorization of their clients’ employees.
Recommended Actions for E-Verify Employer Agents
If you are an E-Verify employer agent, follow the steps below:
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Update E-Verify profiles for your:
- Federal contractor clients - Update each of your federal contractor client employer profiles separately to designate it as a "Federal Contractor with FAR E-Verify clause."
- Agent Company - Only update your E-Verify employer agent profile to designate yourself as a federal contractor if you are a federal contractor with the FAR E-Verify clause.
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Review the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
Review the latest E-Verify MOU to ensure you and your federal contractor client comply with the federal contractor-specific terms.
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Ensure that all users take the tutorial
After updating an employer profile to “Federal Contractor with FAR E-Verify clause,” all users must complete a federal contractor-specific tutorial and pass a knowledge check before accessing E-Verify again.
E-Verify Employer Agents Using Web Services
The Web Services Access Method requires a company to develop software that interfaces with USCIS to perform employment eligibility verifications of newly hired employees. The company’s software will:
- Extract data from the existing system or an electronic Form I-9
- Transmit the information to government databases
- Meet the requirements set by the E-Verify Interface Control Agreement (ICA)
- Pass an E-Verify interface test.
The Web Services E-Verify Employer Agent must:
- Ensure a client company notifies you when the client company is awarded a contract with the FAR E-Verify clause
- Update the client’s Organization Designation to “Federal Contractor with FAR E-Verify Clause” in E-Verify within 30 calendar days of the contract award.
- Use the most current version of the E-Verify Interface Control Agreement (ICA)
Related Resources
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.
Related Upcoming Webinars
E-Verify for Federal Contractors
Learn about timelines for enrollment, how to use the program, how to verify new and existing employees, and exemption and exceptions for federal contractors who have been awarded a federal contract with the FAR E-Verify clause. This webinar, useful for federal contractors and subcontractors affected by the E-Verify federal contractor rule, is eligible for 1 professional development credit through SHRM and HRCI.
Estimated duration: 1 hour.
E-Verify for Federal Contractors
Learn about timelines for enrollment, how to use the program, how to verify new and existing employees, and exemption and exceptions for federal contractors who have been awarded a federal contract with the FAR E-Verify clause. This webinar, useful for federal contractors and subcontractors affected by the E-Verify federal contractor rule, is eligible for 1 professional development credit through SHRM and HRCI.
Estimated duration: 1 hour.
E-Verify for Federal Contractors
Learn about timelines for enrollment, how to use the program, how to verify new and existing employees, and exemption and exceptions for federal contractors who have been awarded a federal contract with the FAR E-Verify clause. This webinar, useful for federal contractors and subcontractors affected by the E-Verify federal contractor rule, is eligible for 1 professional development credit through SHRM and HRCI.
Estimated duration: 1 hour.