The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency announced it has made three improvements to its E-Verify employment authorization program in order to reduce false mismatch rates.

The changes are:
• The E-Verify system now includes naturalization data, so that employers can instantly confirm the citizenship status of naturalized U.S. citizens. Traditionally, naturalized citizens who had not yet updated their records with the Social Security Administration have been the largest category of individuals to get a false mismatch notice back through E-Verify. (Those who still get a mismatch notice can now call USCIS directly to resolve the issue, or can go to an SSA field office.)
• E-Verify now has real-time arrival data from the Integrated Border Inspection System, which should reduce the number of immigration status-related mismatches for newly arriving workers who are in the U.S. legally.
• USCIS plans to begin sharing citizenship status records information with the Social Security Administration, to provide the most up-to-date citizenship status data and help prevent tentative non-confirmation notices from occurring. E-Verify also plans to check against Department of State passport records in the near future.

USCIS says 64,000 employers participate in E-Verify, and that about 1,000 more companies enroll every week.