E-Verify helps ensure a legal workforce by electronically verifying information entered by employees on the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, against authoritative sources available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. When employers – and the employees they hire – complete Form I-9, they are playing an important role in verifying identity and legal authorization to work in the U.S. E-Verify complements Form I-9 by taking employment verification to the next level, helping employers stay compliant with federal immigration law, prevent unauthorized employment, and protecting American Jobs.
This guide is designed to assist you throughout the E-Verify enrollment and user registration process.
Employers can verify the employment eligibility of only one person at a time within E-Verify. All cases must be created individually.
E-Verify is free, and it is the best means available to confirm the employment eligibility of new hires. The E-Verify statute limits the scope of E-Verify operations to the United States, which includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Users may only create E-Verify and E-Verify+ cases in the United States.
E-Verify Self Check, referred to as Self Check, is a free, fast, secure and voluntary online service that allows individuals to confirm their own employment eligibility themselves. Employers may not ask current or prospective employees to use Self Check to prove employment eligibility. The service is designed to provide visibility into government records, and if necessary, guidance on how individuals can correct those records. Self Check is separate from the E-Verify user interface. For more information and specific rules, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/mye-verify/self-check.