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3790666 - Employee is unable to complete I-9 Section 1 - Onboarding

Symptom

  • The rehire user cannot complete the US I-9 Section 1.
  • Error Message Received: You do not have permission to access the page.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login as the candidate or the rehire
  2. Try to access the US I9 Section 1
  3. The error is received.

Cause

  • When a user has an I9 Reverification workflow triggered after migration from Onboarding 1.0, the ExternalUserVisibility on their new I9UserData object is set to No.
  • If the same user is later rehired and a new I9 onboarding workflow is triggered, the system reuses the existing I9UserData, as a result, the error is observed.

Resolution

PERMANENT FIX:

  • Issue will be fixed as part of OBX-44663
  • Tentatively, it is targeted to be fixed on 2H 2026 (b2611)
  • Roadmap disclaimer applies.

WORKAROUND:

For Customers and Certified Implementation Partner:

  • Until the release, the issue can be fixed via a script to set the ExternalUserVisibility on their new I9UserData to y.
  • Raise a support ticket reference this KBA and provide your approval for script execution.

For SAP Technical Support

  • Please refer to the Internal Note of the KBA
  • Raise the script to apply the workaround

See Also

3692050 - Permission error when accessing I-9 task or completing e-signature for rehire with old employment - Onboarding

Keywords

I9UserData, ExternalUserVisibility, I9, I-9 Section 1, Compliance, US I-9, OBX-44663, Onboarding, OBX, ONB 1.0 Migration , KBA , LOD-SF-OBX-FRM , Compliance 2.0 Country Forms (except i9&EV) , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding all versions