E-Verify or I-9 qualification background checks can be an important part of any employment screening program. As most know by now, the E-Verify I-9 background check is mandated for any employer contracted for work with the Federal government and some state governments as well.
The I-9 verifies that your new hire is eligible to work in the United States. This is not a preemployment screening check, I would like to remind you. You must formally offer the position to your employment candidate before conducting the E-Verify background search.
The E-Verify system will be experience partial outages. Here are the dates–
E-VERIFY PARTIAL OUTAGE — SUNDAY MARCH 28, EARLY MORNING
E-Verify will not be able to automatically approve certain document types between 1 AM and 7 AM on 3/28 due to scheduled downtime on other DHS systems. Transactions which do not require entry of a document number (card number, receipt number, etc.) should not be affected.
Outage Start Time and Date: 0100 EDT, Sunday March 28, 2010
Outage Stop Time and Date: 0700 EDT, Sunday March 28, 2010
Estimated Outage Duration: 6 hours
E-VERIFY PARTIAL OUTAGE — EASTER WEEKEND
E-Verify will not be able to accept initial verifications between 11 PM 4/3 and 5 AM 4/5 due to scheduled downtime on Social Security systems. Cases which have already cleared SSA and gone to DHS will not be affected.
Outage Start Time and Date: 2300 EDT, Saturday April 3, 2010
Outage Stop Time and Date: 0500 EDT, Monday April 5, 2010
Estimated Outage Duration: 30 hours