On January 27, 2021, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending once again the current I-9 compliance flexibility requirements in place, which was set to expire on Sunday, January 31, 2021. Due to the continued COVID-19 precautions, the new expiration date for these I-9 compliance accommodations is now set to March 31, 2021.
The original DHS guidance on I-9 compliance flexibility requirements was announced back on March 20, 2020.