The problem of the gauge dependence of the fermion mass in the Maxwell
-Chern-Simons QED(2+1) is revisited. Using Proca mass term as an inter
mediate infrared regulator we are demonstrating gauge-invariance of th
e fermion mass shell in QED(2+1) in all orders of the perturbation the
ory. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.