When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ended the temporary flexibility around the in-person requirements for I-9s, they further mandated that any employee who completed their I-9 remotely would have to recomplete it, in person, by August 30, 2023.
For a lot of businesses, that is a tough matzah ball to swallow. It means that every employee who completed their I-9 remotely between March of 2020 and July of 2023 must recomplete them, in-person, with their employer.
Recall that many sectors saw hiring surges during the pandemic and the attendant flexibility in DHS policy. Sure, there have been some contractions since, with layoffs hitting the tech sector particularly hard, but the fact remains that a massive number of individuals remotely completed their I-9s during this three-year period.
This means that companies that took advantage of the temporary flexibility now must pay the piper: They must quickly and efficiently complete in-person I-9s for each and every employee remotely onboarded. And they only have until August 30 to do it.
For obvious reasons, this has many businesses scrambling, particularly those with remote employees spread across the country. From a cost and logistical perspective, it is nearly impossible to bring everybody into company HQ to sign a couple of documents and show a couple pieces of identification. It is a massive undertaking and is rightly causing headaches across corporate America.
TrendSource Remote I-9 Verifications Meet In-Person Requirements
Thankfully for such businesses, there is already a solution available: TrendSource Remote I-9 Verifications quickly and efficiently meet the in-person requirements for I-9s.
With its proprietary nationwide network of Field Agents, TrendSource can quickly pair a local Agent with any employee who must recomplete their I-9. Together, the Field Agent and employee complete Section 2, the Agent photographs all relevant identification and documentation, and submits the completed I-9 to TrendSource’s QA department.
It is then available on the client dashboard for easy access. It’s that simple…but head here if you want to learn more about how it works. Also, if you are curious how an employee would experience the process, we’ve got that angle covered too.
The DHS announcement has companies rightly hitting the panic button. TrendSource Remote I-9 Verifications allow them to offload their worry and outsource their solution.
