To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is continuing its discretion to defer the physical presence requirements associated with the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) under Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) until August 31, 2021. Initially, the flexibilities only applied to employers and workplaces that were operating 100% remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported in an earlier article, those flexibilities were later extended to employers and workplaces that opted for a hybrid remote and onsite work environment, but the flexibilities were set to expire on May 31st.