New myUploads Feature Introduced in myE-Verify : Immigration Law Blog

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS) introduced a brand new characteristic known as myUploads from E-Confirm that can assist staff and people resolve their E-Confirm DHS Tentative Nonconfirmations (TNCs) electronically. This may be achieved by importing photographs of their documentation as a JPEG, PNG, or PDF by means of a pc or sensible machine. E-Confirm is a web-based system that permits employers to confirm their staff’ potential to work in the US. By E-Confirm, employers can confirm their newly-hired staff by electronically matching their data offered in Type I-9, in opposition to data possessed by Social Safety Administration.

The announcement stated the brand new characteristic will expedite employment eligibility verification and resolve TNCs. When there’s a TNC, the employer should privately notify the worker and supply a Additional Motion Discover (FAN), which is able to assist staff perceive the TNC course of. This FAN will embrace data on the best way to navigate the myUploads.

How Do I Entry myUploads?

Customers should use their E-Confirm account and go a two-factor id assurance course of. Customers logging in for the primary time since April 28, 2019, should entry it by means of their USCIS on-line account. myUploads is a free characteristic that’s accessible to all customers. Nevertheless, the announcement additionally talked about that the employers might not require their staff to make use of myUploads, my E-Confirm, or Self Verify to resolve a TNC.

What Is E-Confirm?

Employers should have a brand new rent’s Type I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, accomplished inside three days of beginning the employment in the US. This consists of each U.S. residents and non-citizens. Each the employers and the staff should full this kind. The main points entered within the type are verified by E-Confirm, which checks for the data in opposition to the Social Safety Administration. Staff are required to contact the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) after the paperwork are uploaded. E-Confirm employers are nonetheless required to course of and shut DHS TNC instances inside E-Confirm’s timelines.

Although E-Confirm is a voluntary program, employers with federal contracts or subcontracts are required to enroll in E-Confirm as a situation of federal contracting. Relying on the state’s laws mandating the usage of E-Confirm, employers might also be required to take part in E-Confirm as a situation of enterprise licensing. Lastly, some employers could also be required to take part in E-Confirm due to a authorized ruling.
E-Confirm is out there in all 50 U.S. states, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.

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