E-Verify Employers Reach 100,000

The E-Verify program now has 100,000 employer participants, USCIS announced yesterday.  In a press release celebrating the milestone, USCIS also updated some interesting statistics about E-Verify.

Employers have run more than 2 million queries through E-Verify since October 2008, and employers have been able to automatically verify more than 18 million workers’ eligibility since 1997.  As of now, approximately 96.1 percent of qualified employees are cleared automatically by E-Verify, and  99.6 percent of all work-authorized employees are verified without receiving a tentative nonconfirmation or having to take any type of corrective action.

The increase in participating E-Verify employers is not surprising.  While participation in the program is voluntary, this is not entirely the case.  There are 15 states which require certain employers to participate  and comply in some manner with E-Verify.  Also, federal contractors (with some exceptions) are required to use E-Verify.

If you are interested in E-Verify, we at the Capitol Immigration Law Group are an E-Verify designated agent and we can help your company become E-Verify compliant employer.  Please feel free to contact us.

By | Last Updated: January 9th, 2009| Categories: News|

About the Author: Dimo Michailov

Dimo Michailov
Dimo has over 15 years of experience in US immigration including employment-based immigration benefits, corporate compliance and family based immigration. He represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of cross-border immigration matters including mobility of key foreign executives and managers, specialized knowledge workers, and foreign nationals with extraordinary ability.

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