Right to Rent Checks:
Introduction
Anyone who lets private property in England needs to make Right to Rent checks to ensure the tenant has a right to rent property in the UK. This involves 3 steps: - You show us your original documents proving you can rent in the UK;
- We check the documents with you present;
- We take a copy of the documents and file them.
Listed below are the various documents that can be used to prove your right to rent. Please make sure you bring any documentation with you when you meet us as we will need to copy it. Most of you travelling to the UK will have a passport/travel document with a time-limited visa. This falls under a List B document.
List A Group 1 documents in List A permit the holder permanent right to rent in the UK. Group 2 documents in List A must be shown in a combination of two. List B Documents in List B permit the holder to a time-limited right to rent in the UK List A - British, EEA, Swiss Nationals or those with an indefinite right to be in the UKList A - Group 1: Any one of these documents will prove indefinite
right to rent
- A passport
(current or expired) showing that the holder is a British citizen or a citizen
of the UK and Colonies having the right of abode in the UK.
- A passport
or national identity card (current or expired) showing that the holder is a
national of the European Economic Area or Switzerland.
- A
registration certificate or document (current or expired) certifying or
indicating permanent residence issued by the Home Office, to a national of a European
Union, European Economic Area country or Switzerland.
- A
permanent residence card, indefinite leave to remain, indefinite leave to enter
or no time limit card issued by the Home Office (current or expired), to a
non-EEA national who is a family member of an EEA or Swiss national.
- A
biometric immigration document issued by the Home Office to the holder
indicating that the person named is allowed to stay indefinitely in the UK, or
has no time limit on their stay in the UK. The document must be valid (not
expired) at the time the right to rent check is made.
- A passport
or other travel document (current or expired) endorsed to show that the holder
is exempt from immigration control, is allowed to stay indefinitely in the UK,
has the right of abode in the UK, or has no time limit on their stay in the UK.
- A current
immigration status document containing a photograph issued by the Home Office
to the holder with an endorsement indicating that the named person is permitted
to stay indefinitely in the UK or has no time limit on their stay in the UK.
The document must be valid (not expired) at the time the right to rent check is
made.
- A
certificate of registration or naturalisation as a British citizen.
List A - Group 2: Any two of these documents will prove indefinite
right to rent
- A full
birth or adoption certificate issued in the UK, the Channel Islands, the Isle
of Man or Ireland, which includes the name(s) of at least one of the holder's
parents or adoptive parents.
- A letter
issued within the last 3 months confirming the holder's name, issued by a UK
government department or local authority and signed by a named official (giving
their name and professional address), or signed by a British passport holder
(giving their name, address and passport number), or issued by a person who
employs the holder (giving their name and company address) confirming the
holder's status as an employee.
- A letter
from a UK police force confirming the holder is a victim of crime and personal
documents have been stolen, stating the crime reference number, issued within
the last 3 months.
- Evidence
(identity card, document of confirmation issued by one of HM forces,
confirmation letter issued by the Secretary of State) of the holder's previous
or current service in any of HM's UK armed forces.
- A letter
from HM Prison Service, the Scottish Prison Service or the Northern Ireland
Prison Service confirming the holder's name, date of birth, and that they have
been released from custody of that service in the past 3 months; or a letter
from an officer of the National Offender Management Service in England and
Wales, an officer of a local authority in Scotland or an officer of the
Probation Board for Northern Ireland confirming that the holder is the subject
of an order requiring supervision by that officer.
- Letter
from a UK further or higher education institution confirming the holder's
acceptance on a course of studies.
- A current
full or provisional UK driving licence.
- A current
UK firearm or shotgun certificate.
- Disclosure
and Barring Service certificate issued within the last 3 months.
- Benefits
paperwork issued by HMRC, Local Authority or a Job Centre Plus, on behalf of
the Department for Work and Pensions or the Northern Ireland Department for
Social Development, within the 3 months prior to commencement of tenancy.
List B - Time Limited Right to RentList B: Any one of these documents will be sufficient to establish a time limited right to rent.
- A valid passport or other travel document endorsed to show that the holder is allowed to stay in the UK for a time-limited period.
- A current biometric immigration document issued by the Home Office to the holder, which indicates that the named person is permitted to stay in the UK for a time limited period.
- A current residence card (including an accession residence card or a derivative residence card) issued by the Home Office to a non-EEA national who is either a family member of an EEA or Swiss national or has a derivative right of residence.
- A current immigration status document issued by the Home Office to the holder with a valid endorsement indicating that the named person may stay in the UK for a time-limited period.
- In the case that the person has an ongoing application with the Home Office, or their documents are with the Home Office, or they claim to have a discretionary right to rent, an email from the Landlords Checking Service providing a "yes" response to a right to rent request. This will only be sent to the landlord by the Landlords Checking Service.
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