There are several ways to confirm your legal right to work in the UK, and the most commonly used documents are: A person has the right to work in the UK if they are a British citizen or have valid permanent status in the UK. For non-UK residents, the right to work depends on their immigration status and the restrictions imposed on them by the granting of their leave. We are required to keep a copy of your original entitlement to work documents, verify your right to work in the UK and then confirm your identity. All newcomers will receive a link to upload their documents when they begin their work at the university. Once we have them, we will arrange to perform an identity verification. A complete guide on combining documents accepted as labour law documents and how to verify them can be found on the government`s website for acceptable labour law documents. The right combinations of documents depend on the potential employee themselves, but include these documents: Your valid passport – it must have a Home Office stamp or sticker stating that you can stay in the UK and do the type of work you are applying for, but people with permanent residence are not subject to UK immigration or work restrictions. The revision of the right to work of EU, EEA or Swiss citizens has not changed, even though the UK has since left the EU. Nationals can still use their passport or identity card until 30 June 2021. Therefore, new immigration rules will apply.

In order to perform the correct verification of employment law documents, an employer must verify certain types of accepted documents. Their current status determines which documents are required, whether from List A or List B, acceptable options. Employers can contact the Employer Verification Service of the Ministry of Home Affairs to verify your right to work if you: The right to work is a legal obligation for employers. These checks are being conducted either in person, prior to the start of employment, or remotely due to current COVID-19 restrictions. You can file a complaint with the Ministry of the Interior if you are afraid of losing your job because it took too long to confirm your right to work. You can complain to the Ministry of the Interior on GOV.UK. You should check if you can prove your right to another job – if not, you will have to apply for a replacement document. Instead of providing a copy of the documents listed above, applicants can prove their right to work by allowing us to check with the Ministry of Interior`s online employment law examination service. If you need to prove that you are eligible for the job you are applying for, you must provide your employer with the following: List B documents show that the holder has been allowed to enter or reside in the UK for a limited period and that their right to work is restricted or restricted. Prior to January 2019, employers had to perform checks manually by requesting original documents and keeping copies, as well as conducting online checks if necessary. Your right to work will be verified as part of your licence application.

This could include checking your immigration status with the Home Office. We may otherwise share information with the Ministry of the Interior. Your licence application will not be decided until you follow these instructions. Employers can now use the online audit service as the only method to verify an employee`s authorization to work when the person has: Whether or not you check the documentation, you need to make sure that the documents are genuine and unaltered and that the deadlines for working in the UK have not expired. You must ensure that the photos and dates of birth are the same in all documents. If the documents have different names, you should look at the receipts – for example, marriage or divorce documents. Also check if the candidate has permission to do the work you offer – there may be restrictions on the number of hours they can work. Under section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, an employer may be subject to civil penalties if it employs a person who is not authorised to perform the work in question. [1] The Ministry of the Interior will issue you with an application certificate stating that you can work for 6 months pending a decision on your status. You can send your application certificate to yourself by mail, email, or an online version. These guidelines concern the right to work/immigration status for applications for operating permits and personal permits for: A valid residence permit issued by the Ministry of the Interior to a person who is not a national of an EEA state or Switzerland, but who is a family member of such a national or who has derived residence rights. The consequences of employing illegal workers are serious and costly.

Avoiding the controls and sanctions of the Ministry of the Interior justifies the efforts and investments to ensure the continued respect of your immigration and the prevention of illegal work obligations. If you do not have a British or Irish passport, you can use a valid passport from another country. The passport must have a stamp or sticker certifying that you have a right of residence. Due to coronavirus (COVID-19), there are temporary changes in how you can review documents. Added a link to the custom process guide. From 6 April 2022, employers will only be able to verify the professional status of holders of the biometric residence card (BRC), biometric residence permit (BRP) and border permit (FWP) via the Ministry of the Interior`s online service. Physical BRPs, BRCs and FWPs are no longer accepted as proof of the right to work, even if the document has a later expiry date. Penalties for employing illegal workers and for failing to properly verify eligibility to work in the UK can be severe, including a substantial fine for any worker illegally employed by our organisation. If it turns out that you employed someone who you know was not allowed to work in the UK, or if you had reason to believe that this was not the case, you can be sent to prison for five years and forced to pay an unlimited fine.