26/06/2024

On 21 June 2024, the Home Office published an updated Employer’s Guide To Right To Work Checks

The Guide states that the main changes relate to:

1. Right to Work Checks on EEA citizens and their non EEA family members with Pre-Settled Status under EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) only need completed at the start of employment and do not need repeated.

2. Clarification on follow up checks for holders of Biometric Residence Permits and Home Offices transition to online evidence of immigration status (i.e. eVisas)

3. Clarification on the role of the Department for Science & Innovation Technology (DSIT), within the accreditation process of IDSPs and holding a certificate against a current version of the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (UKDIATF).

4. Application Registration Card (ARC) holders granted permission to work in jobs on Shortage Occupation List or Immigration Salary List. In addition, clarification on follow-up checks of this cohort via the Home Office Employer Checking Service (ECS).

5. Clarification that List A, item 6 of the acceptable documents list also includes consular birth certificates.

Members should ensure that they are using the updated Guide when conducting right to work checks for new employees after 21^st June 2024.