The grace period during which the pandemic-inspired flexibility with I-9 employment verification is coming to an end on July 31, 2023 (as previously reported), after which time the virtual inspections of employment documents will no longer be permissible. 

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Further, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has set the date of August 30, 2023 - just one month after the termination of the flexibility/grace period - as the deadline before which employers who utilized virtual inspection processes to verify employee documentation during the grace/flexibility period must complete in-person follow-up verification for employees whose employment eligibility status was initially verified virtually. 

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You can read more about how best to secure compliance to the new expectations here.