USCIS requires employees to present documents proving their identity and employment authorization within three business days of their employment start date. If they are unable to do so, they must present an acceptable receipt as a temporary replacement. The employer can complete Section 2 by recording the receipt details and mark the E-Verify activity as complete. Once the actual document is provided by the employee, the employer should update the receipt with the actual document and complete the E-Verify process.

Receipts are only valid for a short period. Employees must provide the replacement document for which the receipt was issued before the receipt's validity expires.

How to complete Section 2 with receipt details?

To access pending Section 2 activity, navigate to My Tasks console and click the Complete I-9 link for the selected transaction.

Enter the receipt details in List A or List B & List C.

In this example, List A document is selected.

In the Additional Information enter if any note/comment has to be added.

If an alternative procedure is used for remote verification of documents, indicate this by selecting the "Check here if you used an alternative procedure authorized by DHS to examine documents" checkbox. Note: This alternative process is allowed exclusively when the Legal Entity (Company/Business Unit) responsible for the employee's hiring is registered for E-Verify, which means the Company or Business Unit has been configured in the DHS Client Setup. If the legal Entity (Company/Business Unit) is not enrolled in E-Verify, this checkbox will appear disabled. When this checkbox is selected, attaching supporting documents in Section 2 is mandatory.

To know more about uploading attachments in Section 2, please click here.

Note: If Section 2 is assigned to a remote user, and the checkbox indicating "Check here if you used an alternative procedure authorized by DHS to examine documents" is checked by the remote user in Section 2, they must upload supporting documents when completing the Section 2 activity if no attachment is provided in Section 1. The I-9 Specialist does not need to add the attachment while completing the Section 2 review unless they delete the attachment uploaded by the remote user. In this case, the system will prompt for the attachment during the completion of the Section 2 review.

If the alternative procedure checkbox is selected and no attachment is provided in Section 2, the page will show the following error message upon saving the activity.

Note: Even if the checkbox labeled "Check here if you used an alternative procedure authorized by DHS to examine documents" is not checked, you may still be prompted to upload attachments in Section 2, especially if attachments are configured as mandatory for I-9 activities.

After entering all the details, check "I Agree" and click "Electronically Sign".

You cannot proceed with E-Verify case creation if receipts exists in Section 2.  You must wait until actual documents are provided for which the receipt was presented. Choose "Mark as Complete" on the E-Verify page.

How to update receipt with the actual document?

When employee provides the actual document for which the receipt was presented, initiate the Receipt Update process from within the I-9 Console/Keyword Search Life Cycle actions and enter the actual document details in Section 2. For more details on the receipt update process, please click here.