As 2025 brings sweeping changes to business immigration regulations, staying ahead of compliance requirements is no longer optional—it’s critical. This comprehensive webinar will walk you through the most current updates in business immigration compliance, with a specific focus on the revised Form I-9. Attendees will gain clarity on the latest federal expectations and how these changes directly affect their hiring and documentation practices. With increased enforcement activity and evolving verification procedures, this session ensures that you’re prepared to meet the moment with compliance confidence.

We will delve into key topics such as remote document inspections for E-Verify employers, ICE enforcement updates—including the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—and strategies to avoid the most common mistakes in Form I-9 completion. You’ll also gain insight into maintaining electronic I-9 records, navigating anti-discrimination provisions, and preparing your organization for ICE audits or inspections. Whether you manage HR, legal compliance, or administrative operations, this session offers essential tools and knowledge to protect your business in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.

This webinar is a must-attend for professionals seeking to stay compliant and confident in managing immigration documentation and audits. It offers practical insights and actionable strategies that will help you avoid costly penalties and ensure regulatory peace of mind.

Audit Trail: An audit trail is a security-relevant chronological record, set of records, and/or destination and source of records that provide documentary evidence of the sequence of activities that have affected at any time a specific operation, procedure, event, or device.

COVID-19: COVID-19 (coronavirus) is an illness caused by a virus that can spread from person to person. The virus that causes COVID–19 is a new coronavirus that has spread throughout the world. COVID-19 symptoms can range from mild (or no symptoms) to severe.

DHS - Department of Homeland Security: The United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

E-Verify: E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information entered by an employer from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to records available to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to confirm the employment eligibility

Form I-766: Having an Employment Authorization Document (Form I-766/EAD) is one way to prove that you are allowed to work in the United States for a specific time period. To request an EAD, you must file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.

Form I-9: Form I-9 is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. All U.S. employers must ensure proper completion of Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States. This includes citizens and noncitizens.

ICE - Immigration and Customs Enforcement: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety.

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA): The Immigration Reform and Control Act was passed by the 99th United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986. The Immigration Reform and Control Act altered U.S. immigration law by making it illegal to hire illegal immigrants knowingly and establishing financial and other penalties for companies that employed illegal immigrants.

M-274: The M-274 is an essential compendium of I-9 compliance information and instruction and is designed to supplement employers' understanding and knowledge of the various employment eligibility verification obligations.

USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system.