[alp1n3_eth]

I don't know how it works overseas, but it sounds like this is a plus for US companies hiring US employees. According to the laws the company is required to fully ID you before hiring, which means either:

1) Hopping on a video call and placing the passport or (driver's license + birth cert) in front of the camera. 2) Going to an in-person business that the company is friendly with to have their HR verify you.

Both of these usually involve sending a photo of the documents in addition to the in-person/video verification.

#1 is very popular, and in a legal grey area ever since COVID. More standardized/strict businesses (banking, university) will require #2. Either one of those options kills this outright (ignoring the other billion red flags they should have seen pre-interview).

Along with a background check, which even the crappy ones will verify using things like W2s, I don't really see this as a concern, unless you've got sketchy hiring practices and hire in countries you aren't familiar with.

[rightbyte]

> According to the laws the company is required to fully ID you before hiring

Is that new? I have never showed an id to an employer including when I worked in the US.

[elicksaur]

You’re probably just forgetting.

Been a thing since 1986 https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_I-9

[trod1234]

From what I recall, The I9 is only upon actually becoming an employee. Its part of the paperwork you have to complete on your first hire date.

[rightbyte]

Maybe. I think I filled out such a form with the passport number etc. It is just that I don't think I showed anyone my passport.