This Self-Assessment Guide (SAG) for E-Verify Web Services Users will help current employers with user requirements as stated in the E-Verify User Manual and the E Verify Memorandum of Understanding for Employers (MOU). This guide also helps improve participants’ overall use of E-Verify.

Web services allow a user to transfer data to and from E-Verify using employer’s software or by purchasing software from another company. If an employer chooses web services to create E-Verify cases, it receives a web services Interface Control Agreement (ICA). The ICA contains the information used to develop and test the software interface.

This guide is not intended to cover all aspects of a self-assessment program. Completing a voluntary self-assessment program allows E-Verify participants to:

• Detect activities not consistent with E-Verify program requirements;
• Discourage activities that are not compliant and resolve internal detected noncompliant activities; and
• Promote proper use of E-Verify.

This guide also helps participating E-Verify employers comply with related employment eligibility verification requirements as described in the Handbook for Employers: Guidance for Completing Form I-9 (M-274), E-Verify Supplemental Guide for Federal Contractors (if applicable), E-Verify User Manual and the E-Verify tutorial. E-Verify compliance means meeting the terms of the MOU and applicable laws, including the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) encourages employers enrolled in E-Verify to establish a process for complying with the statutes, regulations, and requirements that pertain to the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, process and E-Verify. This guide provides information on creating and maintaining appropriate compliance and self-assessment processes within your company.

An effective E-Verify compliance and self-assessment process can enhance the efficiency of your employment operations and human resource management. Depending on the size of your company, you may not need to use all of the recommendations contained in this guide, or you may need to develop others. Smaller companies with fewer employees may choose to adapt or only implement appropriate sections of this guidance.