(Immigration Reform and Control Act - Public Law 99-603; AHRMS Policy Manual,
120)
Employers are required by federal law to verify that every person hired after
November 6, 1986, is authorized to work in the United States, using the
Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9). If you are a new employee,
you will be required to present documents that identify you and that verify your
eligibility to work in this country and to complete an I-9 form.
Although the federal government may, from time to time, change the list of
acceptable I-9 documents, the following are currently acceptable: Documents that
can be used to prove your identity and your employment eligibility are: A United
States passport, a certificate of United States citizenship, a certificate of
naturalization, an unexpired foreign passport with attached employment
authorization, an alien registration receipt card with photograph, an unexpired
temporary resident card, an unexpired employment authorization card, an
unexpired reentry permit, an unexpired refugee travel document, or an unexpired
employment authorization document issued by the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services (BCIS) which contains a photograph.
Substitute documents that can be used to prove your identity only are: A
state-issued driver's license or i.d. card with a photograph or information that
includes your name, address, sex, date of birth, height, and color of eyes; an
i.d. card issued by a federal, state, or local government agency or entity with
a photograph or information that includes your name, address, date of birth,
sex, height, and eye color; a school i.d. card with a photograph; a voter's
registration card; a U.S. military card or draft record; a military dependent's
i.d. card; a U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card; a Native American tribal
document; a driver's license issued by a Canadian government authority; or, if
you are under eighteen and unable to present one of the preceding documents: A
school record or report card; a clinic, doctor, or hospital record; or a
day-care or nursery school record.
Substitute documents that can be used to prove your employment eligibility
only are: A social security card issued by the Social Security Administration; a
Certificate of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State; an original or
certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a state, county, municipal
authority, or outlying possession of the United States bearing an official seal;
a Native American tribal document; a U.S. Citizen i.d. card; an i.d. card for
use of Resident Citizen in the United States; or an unexpired employment
authorization document issued by the BCIS.
Your department can help you complete the I-9 and other forms, including the
University's Acknowledgment of Policies form and the W-4 tax-withholding form,
that should be completed and signed on or before your first day of employment.
These forms should be completed and submitted before you begin work for the
University and must be submitted to Human Resources before the University can
release a paycheck to you. You may download the forms from the Human Resources
web site: http://hr.uark.edu/forms/payroll/I9.pdf, or complete the forms in
Human Resources, if that is more convenient. Non-resident aliens must complete
their W-4 forms in Human Resources to ensure compliance with Internal Revenue
Service regulations.