New E-Verify Tool to combat fraud implemented by the UCSIS and Mississippi

July 13, 2011

Records and Information from DMVs for E-Verify (RIDE) has been launched in June 2011 by the USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) which is a new feature that allows USCIS’s E-Verify program to validate the authenticity of Mississippi driver’s licenses used by employees as Form I-9 identity documents.

Approximately, 80 percent of employees present their driver’s licenses to establish their identities when completing the Form I-9. By enabling E-Verify to compare driver’s license data against state records, RIDE will improve E-Verify’s accuracy and help combat document fraud when determining employee’s eligibility to work in the United States while observing safeguards to protect employee’s personal data.

In the past if an employee presented a driver’s license to establish his or her identity and a social security card to establish his or her employment authorization, E-Verify would only have been able to confirm the validity of the social security card. Now,RIDE enables E-Verify employers in Mississippi to confirm the validity of both documents.

At present, 4336 employers use E-Verify and nationwide, more than 269 000 employers are enrolled in the E-Verify program.