Legal Entity Driver is an attribute chosen for processing I-9s in an organization. The system is delivered with Company set as default value. This value can be changed based on how you want to perform employment eligibility verification. For example: If you want to perform employment eligibility verification at the Business Unit level, change the Legal Entity Driver value to Business Unit.

For legal entities (companies or business units) enrolled in E-Verify, web service accounts must be set up in the DHS Client Setup to connect with the USCIS E-Verify system. The DHS Client Setup interface will display relevant fields based on the selected company or business unit within the Legal Entity Driver. The E-Verify activity will be routed for participating legal entities (companies or business units) only if a web service account is set up for them in the DHS Client Setup. 

Who can access the I-9 Legal Entity Driver?

The users with the following Role Types have access to the I-9 Legal Entity Driver.

How do you access the I-9 Legal Entity Driver?

Click the menu icon and select "I-9 Options" under Product Setup.

How do you change the value of I-9 Legal Entity Driver?

When you access the I-9 Options page, "Company" is shown as the default value in the Legal Entity Driver.

Click on the dropdown to see the options.

Select the other value "Business Unit"  and click Save.

How do you create an account in DHS Client Setup?

The legal entities that are participating in E-Verify, should use their DHS User ID and Password in this setup for accessing the DHS web services.

For Company as legal entity, given below is an example of DHS account setup. Please refer to DHS Client Setup page for more details.

If Business Unit is chosen as the legal entity, you will be able to set the DHS User ID and Password for each Business Unit as shown below.