Oscar Lujan
Associate Chief for Policy and Guidance Verification Division
Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Department of Homeland Security 5900 Capital Gateway Drive
Camp Springs, MD 20746
86 Fed. Reg. 59183 (October 26, 2021) DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-0022
Dear Associate Chief Lujan:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Request for Public Input entitled “Remote Document Examination for Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.” The Chamber has long supported efforts to modernize the employment verification process to provide companies with more flexibility to onboard and maintain much-needed talent in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. We look forward to working with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) as they endeavor to implement much needed improvements to the employment verification process.
The Chamber received significant feedback from companies of all sizes and across a host of industries regarding this request and there is significant support for DHS to provide businesses with a permanent option to virtually perform the verification of documents that establish a putative employee’s identification and employment authorization status in the U.S. The input we...
PHOTO: INLAND REVENUE AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE – More than 3,000 taxpayers have made false claims for employment expenses, said the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), which adde...