Employment Authorization Docs Get Makeover
October 28th, 2011 § 1 Comment
That U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service form you’re holding?
It’s so last year.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that redesigned Employment Authorization Documents are now being issued. The redesigned cards contain several security enhancing features, include a new holographic image, a laser-engraved tamper resistant photograph and a laser-engraved fingerprint.
For I-9 related purposes, the redesigned employment authorization cards are acceptable List A, Number 4 documents (Form I-766). Employers will also be happy to know that the card number on the redesigned card is listed on the front of the card. Employers should record the card number as the document number within List A on the I-9 Form.
USCIS simultaneously announced that redesigned Certificates of Citizenship are also being issued. Although the Certificates of Citizenship are now more secure, the certificates are still not acceptable to complete the I-9 Form. The Certificate of U.S. Citizenship was removed from the list of acceptable documents as of November 7, 2007.
USCIS anticipates that more than 1 million people will receive the new documents over the next year.
If you have any questions about these new documents, please email GoffWilson or call our office in Concord, NH: 603.228.1277 or 1.800.717.VISA.
New technology in the EAD and the newly designed certificate of citizenship will make it harder for these documents to be counterfeited or tampered with and will make it easier for authorities to authenticate the documents