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Form I-9 is only useful if you can produce it—correctly completed and on time—when a government agency asks. Symmetry I-9 gives you the data and records to stay audit-ready, but your platform remains the system of record for completed Forms I-9.
You own the completed I-9 data. Symmetry delivers each finished Form I-9 (metadata plus an encoded PDF) to your employer’s postback URL. Symmetry does not act as the source of truth—you are responsible for storing and retaining it. See Receive Completed I-9 Data for the delivery mechanics.

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What this section covers

Retention

The M-274 retention rules—keep each Form I-9 for three years after hire or one year after termination, whichever is later—and how to delete records.

Audit Trail

What is captured for every Form I-9 and E-Verify case, and where administrators view it in the embedded experience.

Audit Log Reference

Retrieve the auditLogs array from a submission and look up every eventName in the audit event catalog.

ICE Audits & Symmetry I-9

How to respond to a Notice of Inspection (NOI): locate and export Forms I-9, pull E-Verify case data, and use the audit trail.

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The three pillars of audit readiness

  • Ownership & storage — Symmetry posts completed I-9 data to your postback URL; you store it per your platform’s requirements.
  • Retention — Federal rules dictate how long you must keep each form and make it promptly retrievable for inspection.
  • Audit trail — Every action on a Form I-9 and E-Verify case is captured with a timestamp and actor, so you can demonstrate exactly who did what and when.