On May 4th, 2023 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that employers will have 30 days to comply with Form I-9 employment eligibility verification physical document examination requirements when COVID-19 flexibility end on July 31, 2023.
There will be no more extensions! Employers will have 30 days to review all the documents used during the Covid pandemic flexibility decision on March 20, 2020.
While the emergency COVID-19-related I-9 flexibility is ending, DHS is still considering alternative procedures for examining I-9 documents. On August 18, 2022, DHS issued a proposed rule on this topic and is reviewing all the comments it received.