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COVID-19: USCIS issues temporary E-Verify policies

  1. Original Date Announced

    March 21, 2020

    COVID-19: USCIS E-Verify extends the timeframe for taking action to resolve SSA-based and DHS-based Tentative Nonconfirmations due to public or private office closures. [ID #591]

    USCIS E-Verify Extends Timeframe to Resolve Tentative Nonconfirmations
  2. Effective Date

    March 21, 2020
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  4. Biden Administration Action: Revoked/Replaced

    July 15, 2022

    Social Security Administration Resumes E-Verify Operations

    This Biden administration policy revokes the Trump-era policy identified in this entry, and returns to the pre-Covid19 policy.

    The Social Security Administration states that employees whose E-Verify cases are referred to SSA on or after July 15, 2022, will have 8 federal working days to contact their local SSA office to begin resolving the mismatch. E-Verify cases referred between March 2, 2020 to July 14, 2022, with a SSA mismatch will still have an extended timeframe to be resolved.

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Current Status

Not in effect

Most Recent Action

July 15, 2022 Action: Revoked/Replaced Social Security Administration Resumes E-Verify Operations
July 15, 2022
Acted on by Biden Administration

Original Trump Policy Status

Status: Final/Actual
Trump Administration Action: Agency Directive
Subject Matter: Employment Verification
Agencies Affected: USCIS SSA

Pre Trump-Era Policies

  • February 27, 2018

    Previously, upon receiving a Tentative Nonconfirmation from the E-Verify process, an employee would have eight federal government working days to visit an SSA office to contest their TNC; if 10 days passed with no action from the employee, E-Verify would automatically change the employee's status to Final Nonconfirmation. The new announcement does not explain how long it extends the timeframe for, but presumably is an extension on this previous policy.

    SSA and DHS Tentative Nonconfirmations

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