E-Verify OVERVIEW
E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from your
Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) records to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Though participation in E-Verify is required of some employers, most employers participate voluntarily.
An employer that participates in E-Verify must post the Notice of E-Verify Participation poster provided by DHS and the Right to Work poster issued by Department of Justice, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section, shown below in English and Spanish, at the company’s hiring location. If the posters cannot be displayed at the hiring location, they should be provided to you with your job application materials.
Once you accept an offer of employment and complete Form I-9, the employer takes the information from your Form I-9 and enters it into E-Verify. E-Verify compares your information against records available to DHS and provides the employer with a case result within 3 to 5 seconds.
Primarily a voluntary system, as of November 30, 2012, a total of 20 states require the use of E-Verify for at least some public
and/or private Employers:
Alabama,
Arizona,
Colorado,
Florida,
Georgia,
Idaho,
Indiana,
Louisiana,
Michigan,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
North Carolina,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Utah, ...
E-Verify Overview
It's not a perfect system and nearly impossible for Employer to detect fraudulent use of somebody else legitimate credentials to gain employment -- especially as migrant worker.