How to Check the Immigration Status of a Potential Employee
With the constantly changing federal and state regulations pertaining to immigration and illegal immigrant employees, it is now more essential than ever that your business check the immigration status of a potential employee. Hiring illegal immigrants, regardless of whether or not you intended to, can be considered a criminal act.
Any business found hiring illegal immigrants could face significant and serious sanctions, including, but not limited to, fines, restrictions on ability to do business, and even jail time. For these reasons, checking the immigration status of a potential employee prior to making a hiring decision must become part of your business’ pre-employment screening repertoire.
Not checking a potential employee’s immigration status is simply risky business and it is not worth taking the chance- Especially when conducting a pre-employment immigration status check is so easy to do. The most effective and efficient means of checking the immigration status of a potential employer is to utilize the services of a professional background check company. A professional background check company has the necessary tools and legal understanding of the current laws to provide the immigration status verification your business needs.
To check immigration status, the professional background company will conduct what is called an I-9 Verification, often times through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, or S.A.V.E, a United States government approved immigration verification process. The S.A.V.E. procedure allows for a systematic review of all records pertaining to immigration status as collected by such agencies as the Social Security Administration, various benefit-issuing agencies, financial institutions, licensing bureaus and other sources, to name only a few. By entering such information as the potential employee’s name, address, and given social security number, the professional background check will be able to survey all of the aforementioned databases. All information found that relates to the individual in question will be reported back to the user. From this information, one can make an educated determination as to the potential employee’s immigration status.
Not only will the immigration status verification services of a professional background check company provide you the needed information to comply with an I-9 Verification, it can also protect you and your business from potential criminal and civil liability. If your business takes all the reasonable steps necessary, including conducting a thorough immigration status verification, it is unlikely that you can be held liable for either criminal or civil negligent hiring.
With all the benefits that can be gained from making an immigration status check a part of your pre-employment screening process, it just does not make sense to not take advantage of such a program. Don’t take unnecessary chances with the financial and personal integrity of you and your business. Instead, make an informed and legal, hiring decision by utilizing the immigration status verification check services of a professional background check company.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I assume all this can be done, but we are talking about jobs that americans won’t do do, because they rather have their asses seated in their couches watching porn movies mtv oprah talk shows getting welfare fostering a kid to get money to do drugs, who’s going to be able to pay expensive prices on any vegetables, fruits, food served it in a cheesy fast food places or regular restaurants when illegals are been deported, who’s going to do the dirty job? Maybe the low class american will, but in a high money cost, illegals cant get welfare, unemployment, I.D or vote and all of those services that american society says we get for been in this country, but even if we decided to do it its because we pay taxes and we do not claim our money back because is confusing and we fear to be deported. i will suggest to focus in who’s using your money on what? like your own government creating AL QAIDA and the terrorism so the they can sell you the expensive war in irak taking your liberties away bailing out the banks private worldwide insurance Chrysler Ford Gmc and also putting billions of dollars towards terrorism that only have killed 70 people around the world since 9/11 but not towards coronary heart diseases that kills 451,000 people every year in the united states. thank you.
June 30th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Not only are you an illegal immigrant, you’re also a rambling idiot who is terribly confused about current events.
September 12th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Bruno, may be the guy is an illegal immigrant, but he is absolutely right. I think you are an idiot!!! Good luck!!!
November 1st, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Illegal? Undocumented you mean… These people are here building our roads, houses, buildings. Taking care of our children and senior citzens; growing and cultivating the vegetables that you and I enjoy every day..They do all this for a couple of dollars and NO medical benifts,..just earning the minimum wage; and on top they are hated ONLY because they are of different race and speak a different language. In essence, racism is a our daily bread. We cannot say “thank you” to a helping hand, but we have learned to hate and hate a human being only because they were born in a different country..what is the difference between them and us– nothing (NADA). We all look and smell the same..We may speak a different language or diffrent skin color, but at the end of the day both of our excretions smell exactly the SAME!
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:32 am
I am for legalization of undocumented who have lived here, paid taxes, learn the language and have no criminal record. There are adults who came here as kids and have a high school degree but can proceed to college because of lack of required and qualified documents. I am for the DREAM ACT, I am all for legalizing the undocumented who came here illegal or overstayed their visas in the past 20 years. I wish people would stop sending hate messages towards the poor undocumented who are here to make a living and provide a future for their legal and illegal births in the United States. The ones who spread hatred about immigration reform, are those who are certainly not educated and are collecting medicaid and social security that the undocumented pay taxes on. Without those undocumented who pay taxes, those hatred fueled lazy people would not be able to get aid that most poverty undocumented could benefit. We are a nation of immigrants. Through out history, economy gets better with people purchasing cars, houses, create companies, provide jobs. I am for legalizaiton for undocumented immigrants. I am not concerned how the penalties will arise,but I am sure it is much more severe compared to someone who waited in line and came here thru a legal path to work here. Don’t worry, I believe the undocumented will become legal to work, but have to wait much longer for a green card, compared to those who have done the paper process the right way. I think the politicians are listening, but majority have their sight placed on their re-elections/ future/ and personal benefit, compared to the opinion of their voter. Although, the politicians are educated. Most have Masters degree in law, education, business, ect., so perhaps they will do the right thing. Close the borders (which they are); bring the undocumented out of the shadows, and the economy will thrive. History in the bible years, will portray wealth by allowing citizens of the world to come to the cities and flourish in economy, education and the arts. Many uneducated people who are unhappy, will blame the undocumented, Mexicans, oppose those undocumented who overstayed their visas such as people from China, Middle East, Europe, Canada, Australia, ensoforth. Stop picking on the poor and uneducated people who pick your crop on daily basis, or slaughter the pig that you are eating tonight. I don’t think you would slaughter 500 pigs a day would you, or clean your 5 bedroom house or mowing your maniculate 5 acre lawn? Wake up America!! Undocumented people are needed to create a wealthy economy. Look at the Reagan Years, how the economy thrived. I can’t wait for the undocumented to become legal so the economy will thrive.
Amen! God Bless and pray for immigration reform is created and that undocumented who have lived here a long time, become legal residents and get a chance to become American Citizens.
God Bless President Obama, please help those who are in limbo and love this country, to become citizens!!
February 8th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Illegal,
The government considers you an “Illegal”. I consider you an enemy combatant that has invaded our soil. You should be dealt with accordingly.
Sarah, you sound like an idiot liberal.
October 8th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Do you really think is “your soil ” ? think twice unless you are a native american or a Mexican born in California or Texas (yes, California and Texas were part of Mexico time ago) is not your soil either and you are an immigrant descendant like the 90% of this wonderful country
November 18th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
minuteman, yeah that is exactly what your wife says. look mr. KKK the only real illegals are your type read some history your type are nothing but baby killers.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
I stand by Minute Man. All of you stupid people that come here and desert your home country, you are enemy combatants. You cross over illegally, bring disease, drugs, crime, and God knows what else. You know how our system works, and you take advantage of it! Hopefully i’ll see you through my rifle scope one day! As for those of you that come here legally, I thank you for understanding that we would like to have you here. We appreciate the sacrifice you are willing to do to provide for your family. You have my up most respect. The rest of you, get the hell out!
February 26th, 2011 at 12:22 am
Are you people insane? Do you not realize that 50 years from now your children will be forced to speak Spanish? Do you realize that the Mexicanization of America is already under way? I am all for having legal documented workers come to our country to work, pay taxes, etc. But I am sickened at the thought of 40% of inmates in Federal penitentiaries are illegal aliens. Or the babies of illegal immigrants in our NICUs that we pay $1,000,000 for. Why not allow in all the poor Africans? Hell, let’s allow anyone in and pay for their education, grant citizenship to their children, pay for their health care, let them brings their drugs, etc. If 12 million illegal blonde haired, blue eyed people from the Netherlands speaking Dutch were in our country I would feel the same way. It’s ILLEGAL! Please don’t tell me I’m uneducated or that I live in a trailor park. I am an engineer with a Master degree and I read alot. And in my opinion, illegal immigration is THE single biggest threat to America and to our beloved American culture. I sincerely fear that we are already done.
June 16th, 2011 at 9:19 am
For those people who hates immigrants…Hope God Bless you and teach you that we are all the same. I came to USA in 1999. Got my docs from Law I245. Today I have my business, 21 american citizen employees…and growing. My kids (3) are all “principal’s list” at school. I’m happy helping unemployed or low income families, given jobs and good opportunity to work. I wish guys like you “minute man” and “paul” could do something for this country and this families. Please, change your mind and start right now, if we work together, this country will be back to the first “better” place of wolrd to live.
In God we Trust !!!
June 16th, 2011 at 9:33 am
I agree with Latin american….we have to work together….close the borders, deport criminal people, drug dealers, but keep the good ones, give opportunity for those who help our economy, good families that work hard, and we have to teach our kids to do something good too, like my grampa did when he was just a undocummented immigrant from Belgium.
September 16th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Hey….. your all a bunch of dumb asses from somewere else. Shut the fuck up!!!
September 23rd, 2011 at 11:54 pm
I’m a immigrant. I’m happy been MEXiCAN. I came to U.S when I was young. I didn’t even knew what U.S was. But My mother wanted to do something better for us. She did. And people that talk shit about us can go fuck yourself. Yes there are some Mexican do bad things. But what about the ones doing good. We do pay tax, no money for government. Not like some that there born here. we wprk hard for what we have. Thanks all the people that are nice to us.