USCIS: E-Verify catching on rapidly
April 3, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: Applicant background screening, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security and law
Still aren’t using E-Verify to check the eligibility of new hires? Some say you’re likely to start by the end of this year.
Based on how many times the system has been used so far this year, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) predicts E-Verify will be used to run more than 17 million queries in 2009. That would be an increase of 167% over last year.
If the projection is accurate, it would mean one out of every eight employees hired this year will be verified through E-Verify.
The USCIS didn’t explain why the numbers appear to be jumping so sharply, but the system has gotten a lot of use so far in 2009.
In January, the Department of Homeland Security announced that more than 100,000 employers had signed up for E-Verify. By the middle of February, another 10,000 had been added to the list.
Has your company used E-Verify? If not, do you ever plan on starting? Let us know in the comments section below.
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April 7th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Is this E-Verify available in every state. We are located in Texas and if so is it user friendly?
April 8th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
It’s very effective and extremely user friendly. The test to take to begin using it is a little annoying, but necessary to use it and understand it effectively. It has helped me to basically verify what I had suspected about some newly hired employee’s supplied documentation.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I have been using it since November, 2007 and find it extremely easy and helpful. For persons with visas and green cards, it even shows you a picture. I appreciate having additional confirmation that my hires are legal. I have had NO problems and no mis-matches. For companies (and SHRM) who say it is inaccurate, I have not experienced that in any way. I hope E-Verify continues.