Q&A

What can you do with tentative nonconfirmation?

What can you do with tentative nonconfirmation?

VISIT an SSA field office OR. To take action to resolve a DHS TNC, call DHS at 888-897-7781 (TTY: 877-875-6028) and speak to a representative who will help you work through the details of your case.

Are employers required to do E-Verify?

Is E-Verify mandatory? For most employers, E-Verify is voluntary and the overwhelming majority of the nation’s 18 million employers do not participate in the E-Verify program. By law, E-Verify is mandatory for the federal government, as well as federal contractors and subcontractors.

What should employers do after E-Verify issues a tentative nonconfirmation?

The first time an employer using the E-Verify system receives a Tentative Nonconfirmation (TNC) can be a shock. By way of background, E-Verify compares information from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, against data in the files of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…

What does tentative nonconfirmation mean for SSA?

TENTATIVE NONCONFIRMATION (TNC) OVERVIEW Your employer may inform you that your E-Verify case received a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and/or Social Security Administration (SSA) Tentative Nonconfirmation (TNC) case result.

What happens when a TNC becomes a final nonconfirmation?

IMPORTANT: Employers may not terminate, suspend, delay training, withhold or lower pay, or take any other adverse action against an employee because of the TNC, until the TNC becomes a Final Nonconfirmation.

What to do after receiving a final non-confirmation?

After receiving a Final Non-Confirmation, you may choose to terminate or to continue the employee’s employment. We must notify the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on your behalf of that choice; that’s why we ask the question. If you choose to continue the worker’s employment, your response can be one of the following:

The first time an employer using the E-Verify system receives a Tentative Nonconfirmation (TNC) can be a shock. By way of background, E-Verify compares information from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, against data in the files of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security…

TENTATIVE NONCONFIRMATION (TNC) OVERVIEW Your employer may inform you that your E-Verify case received a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and/or Social Security Administration (SSA) Tentative Nonconfirmation (TNC) case result.

What happens if you return a final non-confirmation?

If you continue to employ a worker for whom we have returned a Final Non-Confirmation, you are then subject to a rebuttable presumption that the employee was hired in violation of federal immigration law. In other words, the government can assume that you’ve violated the law, and you’d have to prove otherwise.

IMPORTANT: Employers may not terminate, suspend, delay training, withhold or lower pay, or take any other adverse action against an employee because of the TNC, until the TNC becomes a Final Nonconfirmation.