I-9 form

It is always better to keep you I-9 updated with your status 'cause we never know how long USCIS will take to send your actual GC.

My case is not approved but this is only my suggestion...maybe someone else in a situation similar to yours can add more.

Hope this helps...
 
sharpieterk said:
It is always better to keep you I-9 updated with your status 'cause we never know how long USCIS will take to send your actual GC.
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sharpieterk,
Please explain this to me. What kind of logic is that??

I-9 is only for the company to keep on file for their records to prove (if ever asked) whether thier employees are lawfully employed. Its never sent to any government agency, unless otherwise prompted. Neither USCIS, not IRS will ask you to update it. Some tiny companies never even fill them out!

What does it matter how long it takes USCIS to send you a card? Filling out the I-9 sooner will not help YOU in this specific case.
 
curiousGeorge said:
sharpieterk,
Please explain this to me. What kind of logic is that??

I-9 is only for the company to keep on file for their records to prove (if ever asked) whether thier employees are lawfully employed. Its never sent to any government agency, unless otherwise prompted. Neither USCIS, not IRS will ask you to update it. Some tiny companies never even fill them out!

What does it matter how long it takes USCIS to send you a card? Filling out the I-9 sooner will not help YOU in this specific case.
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agreed...I was not specific enough. Here is the basic premise
1. Filling I-9 has nothing to do with sending this form to USCIS but ONLY with the employer.
2. Filling an I-9 states the validity of your employment. Companies I have worked for always maintain an upto-date I-9 and I have tried to do my part in letting the HR department know of my status hence I assumed that most people do the same.
3. Legally I do not know the implications of not having an updated I-9 hence I cannot comment on the legal implications of companies not maintaining one.
4. I guess it all depends on who (the individual and/or the company) wants to maintain an updated status.
 
sharpieterk said:
2. Filling an I-9 states the validity of your employment. Companies I have worked for always maintain an upto-date I-9 and I have tried to do my part in letting the HR department know of my status hence I assumed that most people do the same.
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I agree with your statements 100%. I'm still trying to see the connection, or the benfit, to doing it ASAP, besides of couse being in compliance of the law....

Are you saying that by having updated the I-9 ASAP you will have already prooven to your employer that you are PR, even if you were to loose your passport at a later time (and hence I-551 stamp), and thus you have complied with the law regardless of whether you lost your stamp or not? Seems like a slim benefit, unless I'm missing something else, that's why my name is Curious George.
 
i would not worry about these after gc..if they can take your FP ..then USA gov. can identify you as well..save your fingers :p

i let my h1b expire this week and just told my employer that i am invoking ead..thats all
 
curiousGeorge said:
I agree with your statements 100%. I'm still trying to see the connection, or the benfit, to doing it ASAP, besides of couse being in compliance of the law....

Are you saying that by having updated the I-9 ASAP you will have already prooven to your employer that you are PR, even if you were to loose your passport at a later time (and hence I-551 stamp), and thus you have complied with the law regardless of whether you lost your stamp or not? Seems like a slim benefit, unless I'm missing something else, that's why my name is Curious George.
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Ok..maybe an overkill but at the end it all depends on the individual and the company. Just trying to be cautious if doesn't cost too much 'cause when crap hits the fan, you never know where it's gonna fall.
 
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