Form I-9
E154920
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document
United States government form
employment eligibility verification form
Form I-9 is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document used by employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for work in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Form I-9 canonical | 3 |
| Form I-9 employment eligibility verification | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1349497 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Form I-9 Context triple: [E-Verify, basedOnForm, Form I-9]
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A.
Form 941
Form 941 is a quarterly IRS tax return that employers use to report wages paid, income tax withheld, and Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes.
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B.
E-Verify
E-Verify is an internet-based system in the United States that allows employers to confirm the employment eligibility of their workers by electronically matching information from employment forms with government records.
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C.
Form W-2
Form W-2 is an IRS tax document that employers must provide to employees each year summarizing their wages and the taxes withheld from their pay.
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D.
Form D
Form D is a notice filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that companies use to report certain exempt securities offerings, typically under Regulation D.
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E.
Consular Report of Birth Abroad (for certain citizens born abroad)
A Consular Report of Birth Abroad is an official U.S. government document issued by a U.S. embassy or consulate that serves as proof of U.S. citizenship for eligible individuals born outside the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Form I-9 Target entity description: Form I-9 is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document used by employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for work in the United States.
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A.
Form 941
Form 941 is a quarterly IRS tax return that employers use to report wages paid, income tax withheld, and Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes.
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B.
E-Verify
E-Verify is an internet-based system in the United States that allows employers to confirm the employment eligibility of their workers by electronically matching information from employment forms with government records.
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C.
Form W-2
Form W-2 is an IRS tax document that employers must provide to employees each year summarizing their wages and the taxes withheld from their pay.
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D.
Form D
Form D is a notice filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that companies use to report certain exempt securities offerings, typically under Regulation D.
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E.
Consular Report of Birth Abroad (for certain citizens born abroad)
A Consular Report of Birth Abroad is an official U.S. government document issued by a U.S. embassy or consulate that serves as proof of U.S. citizenship for eligible individuals born outside the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document
ⓘ
United States government form ⓘ employment eligibility verification form ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
ⓘ
United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
|
| antiDiscriminationProvision |
employers may not request more or different documents than required
ⓘ
employers may not specify which documents an employee must present ⓘ |
| appliesTo | individuals hired for employment in the United States ⓘ |
| completionDeadlineSection1 | no later than first day of employment ⓘ |
| completionDeadlineSection2 | within three business days of employee’s first day of employment ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentList |
List A documents
ⓘ
List B documents ⓘ List C documents ⓘ |
| electronicCompletion | permitted under DHS regulations ⓘ |
| employeeRight | may choose which acceptable documents to present ⓘ |
| employerObligation |
must examine original documents presented by employee
ⓘ
must not knowingly hire or continue to employ unauthorized workers ⓘ |
| enforcementAgency |
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section
ⓘ
surface form:
Immigrant and Employee Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ |
| exemption | independent contractors are not employees for Form I-9 purposes ⓘ |
| introduced | 1987 ⓘ |
| isMandatoryFor | most employees hired after November 6, 1986 in the United States ⓘ |
| languageAvailability |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
8 U.S.C. § 1324a
ⓘ
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ⓘ |
| listAPurpose | establish both identity and employment authorization ⓘ |
| listBPurpose | establish identity only ⓘ |
| listCPurpose | establish employment authorization only ⓘ |
| nonComplianceConsequence |
civil penalties
ⓘ
possible criminal penalties for pattern or practice violations ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.uscis.gov/i-9 ⓘ |
| purpose |
verify employment authorization of employees
ⓘ
verify identity of employees ⓘ |
| relatedProgram | E-Verify ⓘ |
| requires |
employee employment authorization documentation
ⓘ
employee identity documentation ⓘ |
| retentionRequirement | retain for three years after date of hire or one year after employment ends, whichever is later ⓘ |
| section |
Section 1
ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ Section 3 ⓘ |
| section1CompletedBy | employee ⓘ |
| section2CompletedBy | employer or authorized representative ⓘ |
| section3Purpose | reverification and rehire ⓘ |
| spanishVersionUsage | permitted as official form only in Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| updatedBy | USCIS regulations and form revisions over time ⓘ |
| usedBy | U.S. employers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Form I-9 Description of subject: Form I-9 is a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services document used by employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for work in the United States.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Form I-9 employment eligibility verification
subject surface form:
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986