No. Employers hiring individuals to work in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau, which are independent nations, are not subject to U.S. immigration laws requiring employment eligibility verification with Form I-9 and authorizing use of, E-Verify. You are only required to complete and retain Form I-9, and authorized to use E-Verify, for individuals you hire to work in the United States.
Visit the Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau page for more information about hiring employees from these countries to work in the United States. For employment eligibility verification purposes, the “United States” is defined as the continental United States (including the District of Columbia), Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.