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As an I-9 Administrator or as an Authorized Representative, when you are completing Section 2 for employees with "Alien" status, you will notice a new document title "I-797, Notice of Action" added in List C. This document is treated the same as if the employee presented a valid receipt for an acceptable document. After normal operations are resumed, when the employee presents new evidence of employment authorization, then initiate receipt update process and update "I-797, Notice of Action" with the actual document. The employees may present their new EAD or any other acceptable document from either List A or List C as new evidence of employment authorization.
The following example shows the details of completing Section 2 using "I-797, Notice of Action". Click on List C drop down and select "I-797- Notice of Action" from the list.
This document will not be available in List C once the COVID-19 event is deactivated.
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The following message displays as soon as you select "I-797 - Notice of Action".
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According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Form I-797 - Notice of Action showing approval of the EAD application is acceptable for completing Form I-9 when reverifying the current employees. Employees who require Reverification may present this document for completing Form I-9 until COVID event is disabled.
The following example shows the details of completing Section 3 using "I-797, Notice of Action" when the event is active. Click on the Document Title and select "I-797- Notice of Action" from the drop down.
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The following message displays as soon as you select "I-797 - Notice of Action".
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The I-9 Specialist will receive an email notification with the total number of Form I-9s that are affected by the first AE. A sample email notification is given below:
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For all the affected transactions, the I-9 Section 2 correction page will be auto completed with Reason "Add/Update Notes in Addl Info” and E-Verify "No" by default. When I-9 Section2 correction process is initiated, the process routes to Section 2 activity bypassing the I-9 Section 2 Correction Reason page. After Section 2, there will be no E-Verify for these transactions. In case, if E-Verify is pending such as in Receipt Update Required transactions, then they will have E-Verify activity routed when picked up by the second AE.
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The I-9 Specialist will receive an email notification with the total number of Form I-9s that are affected by the second AE. A sample email notification is given below:
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When I-9 Section2 correction process is initiated, the process routes to Section 2 activity bypassing the I-9 Section 2 Correction Reason page. The I-9 Section 2 correction page will be auto completed with Reason "COVID-19 Receipt Update Complete” and E-Verify "Yes" by default. Since the receipt transactions do not go through E-Verify in their primary flow, the correction process routes to E-Verify activity after completing Section 2.
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