Are You Looking for a Job? Use USCIS Self Check!
Are You Looking for a Job? Use USCIS Self Check
If you are looking for a job, did you know that you can use the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s (“USCIS”) Self Check process to verify your employment eligibility?
Self Check allows you to start the employment eligibility process before your new employer initiates an E-Verify inquiry. By using Self Check, you will be able to resolve potential mismatches before your employer finds out about them. As a Columbus immigration lawyer who assists employers with employment compliance (Form I-9) issues, Self Help is an important tool for employees a tool that gives you very important employment information. To learn more, the USCIS’s Self Check Toolkit contains a variety of helpful tools.
Contact Porter Law Office, LLC for questions on how to get started using Self Check today!
Why Use Self Check?
Under federal law, every employer must verify your employment eligibility after you are hired. They do so by completing and maintaining Form I-9. An employer cannot hire, recruit, or refer an employee known to be unauthorized to work in the U.S. Employers at over 1.6 million hiring sites are using E-Verify to determine whether their employees are authorized to work.
Self Check is a free, secure, online service available to anyone over the age of 16. Employers cannot require a job seeker to use Self Check. Rather, Self Check is for job seekers only. Learn about Self Check Facts and Myths and your rights and responsibilities when you apply to work for an employer who participates in E-Verify.
Contact an Experienced Columbus Immigration Lawyer
Self-Check and E-Verify Compliance
The experienced employment-based immigration lawyer at Porter Law Office, LLC assists businesses navigate the complex area of employment eligibility verification and E-Verify. The experienced Columbus immigration lawyer at Porter Law Office, LLC understands how to obtain complex work authorizations for employees, and assists employers with their I-9 obligations. Porter Law Office, LLC is conveniently located outside of Columbus in the suburb of Gahanna, Ohio. Contact Columbus employment immigration lawyer Matthew R. Porter today for free consultation to discuss your options.
