Source:  Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE.COM, 11/17/10

The E-Verify program's capabilities have been expanded to include U.S. passport photo matching, enabling E-Verify to automatically check the validity and authenticity of all U.S. passports and passport cards presented for employment verification checks.

Jointly announced by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the upgrade went into effect on Nov. 10.

E-Verify employers are now able to verify the identity of new employees who present a U.S passport or passport card by comparing that data with State Department records.

Approximately 10 percent of all E-Verify queries currently provide a U.S. passport to establish both identity and employment authorization in order to prove employment eligibility, the agencies said in a news release.
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