Retention - Symmetry Docs

Symmetry returns all completed Form I-9 metadata and PDF data as JSON to the postback URL that’s configured for the relevant employer. You are responsible for storing completed I-9 metadata and forms based on your platform’s requirements. Symmetry does not and will not act as the source of truth for completed I-9 data.

M-274 guidance

Employers must retain Form I-9 for three years after the employee’s hire date or one year after their termination date, whichever is later. Forms must be stored in a way that allows them to be retrieved promptly for inspection upon request by authorized government officials. Per section 10.0 of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Handbook for Employers M-274: To calculate how long to keep a former employee’s Form I-9:

If they worked for less than two years, retain their form for three years after the date you entered in the First Day of Employment field.
If they worked for more than two years, retain their form for one year after the date they stop working for you.

You can retain Form I-9 on paper, microfilm or microfiche, or electronically. You only need to retain pages that you and your employee wrote information on: You do not need to keep the Lists of Acceptable Documents on page 2, the instructions or blank supplement pages.

Deletion

Should you want to delete an employer, administrator, or employee from Symmetry, the following endpoints are available:

Action	Endpoint	What it removes
Delete employee	`DELETE /v1/employers/{employerId}/employees/{employeeId}`	The employee associated with the employer.
Delete administrator	`DELETE /v1/employers/{employerId}/admins/{adminId}`	Administrator access only. If the administrator was promoted from an employee, the employee record is retained.
Delete employer	`DELETE /v1/employers/{employerId}`	Requests deletion of the employer and all associated data—employees, submissions, and administrators.

​M-274 guidance

​Deletion

M-274 guidance

Deletion