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The Home Office has announced a roll out across England of ‘Right to Rent’ checks from 1 February 2016, as part of the Immigration Act 2014.

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Right to rent

Right to rent – Immigration checks

The new measures mean that anyone allowing a tenancy to begin after 1 February 2016 must, if asked, be able to produce evidence that they have seen and made copies of acceptable ID prior to the start of the tenancy.

Eligible Documents
Landlords will need to check and retain copies of certain documents that show a potential tenant has the right to live in the UK.

These include:

– UK passport
– EEA passport or identity card
– Permanent residence card or travel document showing indefinite leave to remain
– Home Office immigration status document
– Certificate of registration or naturalisation as a British citizen.


What is the “right to rent” legislation?

From the 1st December 2014, UK landlords could face civil penalties if they rent homes to illegal immigrants without carrying out the appropriate checks, ‘right to rent’ checks.

This means all private landlords, or their agents, in England, including those subletting or taking in lodgers, will have to check new tenants have the right to be in the UK before renting out their property. It does not apply to Wales or Scotland at this point.

More information can be found on the GOV website here