Employees needing assistance to correct or enter omitted information in Section 1 can have a preparer and/or translator help with the correction or omitted information. The preparer or translator should:
- Make the correction or note the omitted information or help the employee make the correction or note the omitted information. The employee or preparer or translator should draw a line through the incorrect information and enter the correct information or note the omitted information;
- Have the employee initial and date the correction or omitted information if able; and
- Initial and date the correction or omitted information next to the employee’s initials.
If the preparer and/or translator who helped with a correction or noted omitted information completed the preparer and/or translator certification block when the employee initially completed the Form I-9, he or she should not complete the certification block again. If the preparer and/or translator did not previously complete the preparer and/or translator certification block, he or she should:
Complete the certification block; or
If the certification block was previously completed by a different preparer and/or translator:
- Draw a line through the previous preparer and/or translator information; and
Enter the new preparer and/or translator information (and indicate “for corrections”).
September 2017
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