The Department of Homeland Security recently announced its new program,
E-Verify Self Check. The self check program is open to workers who maintain
an address, and are physically located in, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Mississippi,
Virginia, or the District of Columbia. This is the first instance where
E-Verify has been offered directly to workers. There are four basic steps
to the E-Verify Self Check process: (1) the user enters indentifying information
online (name, date of birth, addresses), (2) the user confirms his or
her identity by answering demographic and/or financial questions generated
by a third-party identity-assurance service, (3) the user enters work-eligibility
information such as a Social Security number and, depending on citizenship
status, an Alien Registration number, and (4) E-Verify Self Check checks
the user's information against relevant SSA and DHS databases and
returns information on eligibility. For the full article on E-Verify Self
Check, please visit the
USCIS website.
