Revised 6-1-08
1. (a) Authorized unit staff are required to submit Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, and documentation information to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the E-Verify system for all new hires:
(1) temporary;
(2) unclassified;
(3) probationary; and
(4) inter-agency transfer of an active state employee.
(b) An exception is a previous Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) employee with less than a 30 day break in service, who does need not to be verified through the E-Verify system.
(c) When a receipt for application is used for the initial submission of required document(s) for the Form I-9, the unit staff completing Form I-9, records "receipt" on the document information.
(1) The original Form I-9 is held in the unit until verification of the original document has been made.
(2) A copy of Form I-9, and "receipt" documentation used for the E-Verify process, along with the response e-mail from OKDHS E-Verify is forwarded to Human Resources Management Division (HRMD).
(d) If a receipt for application for a document is used for initial submission of Form I-9, the unit staff enters "Pending" into the Human Resources Information System (HRIS). HRMD verifies the entry.
(e) Upon verification of the original document the unit staff:
(1) updates HRIS to "yes";
(2) crosses out "receipt," on any document number, records the information for the original document, initials and dates the change on the Form I-9; and
(3) forwards the original Form I-9 and the copies of documentation to HRMD.
(f) The unit maintains a copy of the response from OKDHS E-verify, Form I-9 with the verifying documentation in the employee's local file.
2. The employee's acceptance of the conditional job offer, including the notification of a probationary period to be served is completed prior to the employee's enter-on-duty date.