A reminder of changes to right to work checks from 1 October 2022
21 September 2022
Due to the impacts of the pandemic, the Home Office allowed employers to conduct remote right to work checks when hiring workers, from March 2020. This meant that instead of having to meet job applicants, employers could do this using a video call.
There have been numerous extensions to this method of performing right to work checks, but this method will no longer be allowed after 30 September 2022.
From 1 October 2022, checks will need to be conducted in one of these ways:
• an in-person manual check, using original documents
• through the Home Office’s online checking service
• via an identification document validation technology (IDVT) identity check.
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