I mean, short of showing up at an office, and making yourself enough of a nuisance for HR to get off their duff, it sounds like a good sign that employer may not be for you.
If they can't handle an I-9 in good faith, they have no business hiring. Everyone who employs someone has to have that link of process done.
Anyone who isn't your employer is absolutely justified in refusing. It is a huge liability for anyone else but your employer to do it, as lying to the feds, da-da-da-daaa...is a crime.
For your employer, it's cost of doing business. For anyone else, it's really sketchy af. The Notary Public would have had the best chance of being accommodating, but if it were me, I'd want to hear from your employer directly why my services were required, and to whom to send the bill. As you should not be on the hook for any costs therearound, and they really shouldn't be sending you scrabbling to strangers for a vouch.
Yes, "sending the bill", this is an interesting thought. I'm going to require transportation to and from the meet point, if my coworker can pull this off on Friday. I do believe I'll send two taxi receipts to my employer, because this is the cost of them doing business.
If they can't handle an I-9 in good faith, they have no business hiring. Everyone who employs someone has to have that link of process done.
Anyone who isn't your employer is absolutely justified in refusing. It is a huge liability for anyone else but your employer to do it, as lying to the feds, da-da-da-daaa...is a crime.
For your employer, it's cost of doing business. For anyone else, it's really sketchy af. The Notary Public would have had the best chance of being accommodating, but if it were me, I'd want to hear from your employer directly why my services were required, and to whom to send the bill. As you should not be on the hook for any costs therearound, and they really shouldn't be sending you scrabbling to strangers for a vouch.
Good luck.