USCIS Opens Verification Center in Buffalo, New York

The USCIS recently opened a verification center in Buffalo, NY.  The verification center will employ 135 individuals and will have the sole mission of verifying immigration status for the E-Verify and Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) programs.  According to Michael Aytes, USCIS Acting Deputy Director, participation has increased fivefold in the last three years.

The USCIS states that, “[c]urrently, more than 170,000 participating employers at about 650,000 worksites nationwide currently use E-Verify to electronically verify their employees’ eligibility to work in the United States.  Since October 1, 2009, more than 1.6 million employment verification queries have been run through the system.  About 97 percent of all queries are now automatically confirmed without any need for employee action.”