Hi RobMcNeil,
Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community Forum.
In this matter, when you invite an employee to self-onboard, the employee card is created straight away. This means you can start entering their payroll information, like start date and pay cycle, as soon as you've sent the self-serve onboarding request. And this request will expire in 10 days. If the request has expired you have the option to resend it by checking on the status, hover your mouse on the ellipsis, you will have the option to resend or cancel the invite.
You can check on this Help Article: Employee self-onboarding as your reference.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you need further assistance with this. We're happy to assist you.
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Best Regards,
Cel