To assist employers in determining whether any E-Verify cases were created using an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) that has since been revoked by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made the Status Change Report available on June 20, 2025.
A new field, ‘Revoked Document Number,’ has been added to the report as of July 15. Employers can now immediately compare the revoked document mentioned in the report with the EAD used for Form I-9, after this update.
U.S. employers must ensure all employees, regardless of citizenship or national origin, are authorized to work in the country only if they hold an Employment Authorization Document.
However, there are exceptions. If you are a green card holder or holding an H-1B visa and working in the USA, the EAD is not compulsory for you.
As a lawful permanent resident, you don’t need to apply for an EAD, as your Green Card (Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card) serves as proof of employment authorization. You also do not need to apply for an EAD if you have a non-immigrant status that authorizes you to work for a specific employer incident to your status, for example, you are an H-1B, L-1B, O, or P non-immigrant.
For all other non-immigrant visa holders working in the US, the EAD is a must-have document.
At times, the EADs are revoked by US authorities and the employer needs to take appropriate steps.
E-Verify Status Change Report
DHS has informed all US employers that they have introduced a ‘Revoked Document Number’ field in the E-Verify Status Change Report, effective July 15, 2025, to assist employers in identifying employees with revoked EADs.
The Status Change Report was initially deployed on June 20, 2025, to help them identify if any of their E-Verify cases were created with an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) that DHS has revoked.
As of July 15, the report includes an additional “Revoked Document Number” field to help them determine whether an employee’s EAD presented for Form I-9 and used to create their E-Verify case is the revoked EAD in the report. If this EAD has been revoked, they need to reverify the employee.
Reverification of Employee’s Employment Authorization
If employers have a current employee who appears on the Status Change Report, they should compare their employee’s EAD card number used for Form I-9 to the Revoked Document Number field in the report to determine if they must reverify their employee’s employment authorization.
The Trump administration has updated the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 to refer to foreign workers as aliens, replacing the previous reference as non-citizens.
The Status Change Report is intended to help employers determine if the EAD they used to create any E-Verify cases has been revoked. Employers who find that any of those EADs were revoked must reverify their employees whose revoked EAD was used to create their E-Verify case. The report does not replace an employer’s legal requirement to verify employment eligibility for their employees through the Form I-9 process.