Employment Eligibility Verification Forms I-9 ("I-9 Forms") must be completed for each employee, regardless of citizenship or national origin, as follows: Section 1 of the I-9 must be completed by no later than the day of hire. Section 2 of the I-9 must be completed by no later that the third day of business. Section 3 of the I-9 Form must be completed: 1. whenever an employee changes his or her name; 2. whenever an employee is re-hired within three years of the date the I-9 Form was originally executed; or 3. whenever the employee's employment authorization is about to expire, to show that he or she has ongoing employment authorization. Employers may complete I-9 Forms for employees before the mandated deadlines, provided the forms are completed at the same point in the hiring process for everyone. Employers should not complete I-9s before an applicant accepts the job offer since the form requires sensitive information, such as citizenship status and marital status. Employer must retain the following for each employee: the original I-9 form; photocopies of the documentation presented by the employee; and any I-9 forms previously used to re-verify employment authorization. The Employer must retain this I-9 documentation for three years after the date of hire, or for one year after the date employment is terminated, whichever is later. Because I-9 forms contain sensitive biographic data that could potentially form the basis of a discrimination lawsuit (such as the employee's age, marital status, or national origin), the I-9s should be retained separate from all other personnel documentation.

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