When an employer onboards a new employee, there’s a lot to take care of.
There are IT permissions and assets to be distributed, there are orientations and trainings, there are introductions to team members and leadership.
And, of course, there is employment eligibility verification, which employers must complete for each and every employee on their payroll. This has been required since the Reagan administration. Employers must complete Form I-9 for their all New Hires.
This requirement, amidst all the other onboarding chaos, oftentimes has employers asking a simple question: How long do employers have to complete I-9s for their New Hires?
Employers Must Complete Form I-9 within 3 Business Days
As we always remind our readers, when checking into compliance requirements, you should always go to the source, in this case the federal government through the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department for Homeland Security (DHS). Click here to read their official regulations.
That said, as it currently stands in September 2022, employers must complete form I-9 within three business days of a New Hire’s start date.
This means that, if a New Hire were to have started work Monday, September 4 (Beyoncé's birthday!), their employer would need to complete an I-9 for that New Hire by Wednesday, September 6 (Idris Elba’s birthday!).
TrendSource Remote I-9 Verifications
Of course, businesses and their HR departments do not need to burden themselves with such concerns. Instead, they can outsource this cumbersome part of onboarding to a compliance management expert like TrendSource.
TrendSource has long offered Remote I-9 Verifications to help businesses verify New Hire’s employment eligibility quickly and efficiently. This helps unburden internal HR team as well as accelerates onboarding for remote New Hires. Relying on its network of Field Agents across the country, TrendSource can complete Form I-9 with New Hires wherever they reside.
By ordering a Remote I-9 Verification before a New Hire’s start date, employers can rest assured that their New Hire will be onboarded within the required timeframe.
With an easy-to-use online ordering portal and a rapid in-field execution, TrendSource’s Remote I-9 Verifications make life easier for employers, their HR teams, and their New Hires.
