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Jeff Smith, Product Manager
Identification and Identity of Candidates
The government has introduced regulations that require us to check the identity of our candidates and also their right to work in the UK once we start taking active steps towards finding them work, which we interpret as soon as we submit their CV for a permanent or contract role.
If you are at this stage of the work-seeking process we will have asked you to supply a copy of one of the documents from List A below or a combination of two of the documents from List B below.
List A:
- A British or UK passport.
- A passport or national identity card of a European Economic Area (EAA) country.
- A Home Office residence permit to a national from the EEA or Switzerland.
- A passport or other document issued by the Home Office which has an endorsement stating that the holder has a current right of residence in the UK as the family member of a national from an EEA country or Switzerland who is resident in the UK.
- A passport or other travel document endorsed to show that the holder can stay indefinitely in the UK, or has no time limit on their stay.
- A passport or other travel document endorsed to show that the holder can sty in the UK; and that this endorsement allows the holder to do the type of work you are offering if they do not have a work permit.
- An Application Registration Card issued by the Home Office to an asylum seeker stating that the holder is permitted to take employment.
List B:
First Combination:
- A document giving a permanent National Insurance Number and name. This could be a P45, P60, National Insurance card, or a letter from a Government Agency.
...plus one of the following:
- A full birth certificate issued in the UK which includes the names of the holder's parents; or
- A birth certificate issued in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Ireland; or
- A certificate of registration or naturalisation stating that the holder is a British citizen; or
- A letter issued by the Home Office to the holder which indicates that the person named in it can stay indefinitely in the UK, or has no time limit on their stay; or
- An Immigration Status document issued by the Home Office to the holder with an endorsement indicating that the person named in it can stay indefinitely in the UK, or has not time limit on their stay; or
- A letter issued by the Home Office to the holder which indicates that the person named in it can stay in the UK, and this allows them to do the type of work being offered; or
- An Immigration Status Document issued by the Home Office to the holder with an endorsement indicating that the person named in it can stay in the UK, and this allows them to do the type of work being offered.
Second combination:
- A work permit or other approval to take employment that has been issued by Work Permits UK.
...plus one of the following:
- A passport or other travel document endorsed to show that the holder is able to stay in the UK and can take the work permit employment in question; or
- A letter issued by the Home Office to the holder confirming that the person named in it is able to stay in the UK and can take the work permit employment in question.