May 6, 2008 - USCIS announced today improvements to the E-Verify employment authorization program in an effort to reduce the mismatch rate and increase the effectiveness of the overall program. Starting today, the E-Verify system will include naturalization data that will instantly confirm the citizenship status of naturalized U.S. citizens hired by E-Verify employers. Naturalized citizens who have not updated their records with the Social Security Administration (SSA) are currently the largest category of work authorized persons who face a mismatch in E-Verify. A naturalized citizen who faces a mismatch can now call USCIS directly to resolve the issue.

E-Verify will also include real time arrival data from the Integrated Border Inspection System. This will reduce the number of immigration status mismatches for newly arriving workers who have entered the United States legally. USCIS also plans to initiate status records information sharing with the SSA to prevent nonconfirmations from occurring.

Currently, more than 64,000 employers participate in E-Verify with more than 1,000 new enrollments weekly. E-Verify allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility for newly hired employees.