After I enroll in E-Verify, when should I begin to verify my employees?

If your company is enrolled as a(n):

• Employer: You must begin using E-Verify for all new hires on the date you electronically sign the memorandum of understanding (MOU).
• Corporate Administrator: You cannot create cases in E-Verify. You must enroll your company’s locations and sign an MOU for each verification location. The verification location must begin using E-Verify for all new hires on the date that you, as the corporate administrator, signed the MOU for that location.
• E-Verify Employer Agents: You must begin to create cases in E-Verify for all your new hires on the date you electronically sign the MOU. Once you have a client, you must submit an additional MOU signed by you and the client company to DHS. Once you submit the client company’s MOU and the client enrollment is active, you must immediately begin using E-Verify for all of your client company’s new hires at the location(s) specified.
• E-Verify Employer Agent Clients: You must sign an MOU and submit it to your E-Verify employer agent. After you submit the MOU and your enrollment is active, your E-Verify employer agent must create cases in E-Verify for all of your new hires at the location(s) specified.
• Web Services Access for Employers: You must begin to create cases in E-Verify either through the E-Verify website or your software that interfaces with E-Verify for all new hires on the date you electronically sign the memorandum of understanding (MOU).
• Web Services Access for E- Verify Employer Agents: You must begin to create cases in E-Verify either through the E-Verify website or your software that interfaces with E-Verify for all your new hires on the date you electronically sign the MOU. Once you have a client, you must submit an additional MOU signed by you and the client company to DHS. Once you submit the client company’s MOU and the client enrollment is active, you must immediately begin using E-Verify for all of your client company’s new hires at the location(s) specified.

If you are a Federal Contractor with the FAR E-Verify clause in your contract, please note that your timeframes may be different.  See the E-Verify Supplemental Guide for Federal Contractors for details.