E-Verify is not available due to a lapse in Department of Homeland Security appropriations and due to a lapse in statutory authority for the E-Verify program. As long as the outage is ongoing, there will be an outage banner that will display upon log in. The banner can be dismissed, but will display upon next login. The banner will automatically stop displaying once the integration is operational.

While E-Verify is unavailable, employers cannot access their E-Verify accounts. This means that both the Onboard integration with E-Verify as well as direct access to E-Verify accounts on the website are not available at this time. E-Verify customer support services are also unavailable.

Employers must continue to complete and retain the Federal Form I-9 within the required time for every person hired to work for pay in the United States.

Employers using an alternative procedure authorized by DHS to perform a remote examination of employees’ Form I-9 documents may continue to do so if they remain enrolled in good standing in E-Verify during the lapse in DHS appropriations.

Employees cannot resolve E-Verify Tentative Nonconfirmations (mismatches) during this time. Employees with a Social Security Administration mismatch must wait until E-Verify resumes operations to visit an SSA office to resolve their mismatch.