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Verifying your right to work

The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 requires employers to check documents to establish a person's eligibility to work in the UK and compliance with any restrictions. Under the Act we are required to check your eligibility to work in the UK before you start work. We therefore ask all candidates to bring  and qualification certificates to interview and a copy will be taken.

If you are successful at interview this documentation will be kept on your personnel file. If you are not successful the documentation will be shredded and securely disposed of. If you forget to bring this documentation you will be asked to bring the original documents for verification to 冈本视频 before an offer can be confirmed.

What happens to the right to work documents?

Successful candidate

Successful applicants will be required to provide proof of their entitlement to work in the UK, or be able to provide sufficient information to the University to demonstrate that they will be able to get the required immigration status before commencing employment. Unless you are a British or Irish citizen, you will need a UK visa to be able to work in the UK.

If an offer of employment is made to you in a case where the post qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa, the People Operations Onboarding/Immigration Team will issue a Certificate of Sponsorship. See our Visa and Immigration section for more information.

All right to work documentation will be kept within your personnel file.  For candidates who undergo a right to work check via video call, you will be required to present the original copies of your right to work documents on campus prior to you commencing employment. The People Operations Team will be in touch to arrange the in-person check. 

Unsuccessful candidate

All right to work documentation will be deleted or shredded once the hiring decision has been made.

What proof am I required to present?

The Home Office has provided a to help you gather the documents you'll need.

  1. List A

    • A passport (current or expired) showing the holder is a British citizen or a citizen of the UK and Colonies having the right of abode in the UK.
    • A passport or passport card(1) (in either case, whether current or expired) showing that the holder is an Irish citizen.
    • A document issued by the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man, which has been verified as valid by the Home Office Employer Checking Service, showing that the holder has been granted unlimited leave to enter or remain under Appendix EU(J) to the Jersey Immigration Rules, Appendix EU to the Immigration (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008 or Appendix EU to the Isle of Man Immigration Rules.
    • A current passport endorsed to show that the holder is exempt from immigration control, is allowed to stay indefinitely in the UK, has the right of abode in the UK, or has no time limit on their stay in the UK(2) .
    • A current Immigration Status Document issued by the Home Office to the holder with an endorsement indicating that the named person is allowed to stay indefinitely in the UK or has no time limit on their stay in the UK, together with an official document giving the person鈥檚 permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a government agency or a previous employer.
    • A birth or adoption certificate(3,4) issued in the UK, together with an official document giving the person鈥檚 permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a government agency or a previous employer.
    • A birth or adoption certificate issued in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Ireland, together with an official document giving the person鈥檚 permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a government agency or a previous employer.
    • A certificate of registration or naturalisation as a British citizen, together with an official document giving the person鈥檚 permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a government agency or a previous employer.


    1. A clipped passport is a cancelled document (identified by the corners of certain pages in the passport being cut/removed) and therefore is not acceptable proof of right to work.
    2. Definition includes those with a document which shows that the holder is entitled to readmission to the UK (RUK endorsement) and ILR endorsements from a Crown Dependency.
    3. Definition includes a short or long birth certificate.
    4. Definition includes a birth certificate issued by a UK diplomatic mission (British Embassy or British High Commission) and consular birth certificates.

  2. List B, Group 1

    • A current passport endorsed to show that the holder is allowed to stay in the UK and is currently allowed to do the type of work in question(1).
    • A document issued by the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man, which has been verified as valid by the Home Office Employer Checking Service, showing that the holder has been granted limited leave to enter or remain under Appendix EU(J) to the Jersey Immigration Rules, Appendix EU to the Immigration (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008 or Appendix EU to the Isle of Man Immigration Rules.
    • A current Immigration Status Document containing a photograph issued by the Home Office to the holder with a valid endorsement indicating that the named person may stay in the UK, and is allowed to do the type of work in question, together with an official document giving the person鈥檚 permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a government agency or a previous employer.


    1. This includes a current passport endorsed with a stamp showing an individual has been granted leave to enter and there are no work-related conditions attached. If, under the conditions of the individual鈥檚 leave, work was restricted or prohibited the endorsement placed in the individual鈥檚 passport would explicitly set that out as a condition.

  3. List B, Group 2

    • A document issued by the Home Office showing that the holder has made an application for leave to enter or remain under Appendix EU to the immigration rules (known as the EU Settlement Scheme) on or before 30 June 2021 together with a Positive Verification Notice from the Home Office Employer Checking Service.
    • A Certificate of Application (non-digital) issued by the Home Office showing that the holder has made an application for leave to enter or remain under Appendix EU to the immigration rules (known as the EU Settlement Scheme), on or after 1 July 2021, together with a Positive Verification Notice from the Home Office Employer Checking Service.
    • A document issued by the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man showing that the holder has made an application for leave to enter or remain under Appendix EU(J) to the Jersey Immigration Rules or Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008, or Appendix EU to the Isle of Man Immigration Rules together with a Positive Verification Notice from the Home Office Employer Checking Service.
    • An Application Registration Card issued by the Home Office stating that the holder is permitted to take the employment in question, together with a Positive Verification Notice from the Home Office Employer Checking Service.
    • A Positive Verification Notice issued by the Home Office Employer Checking Service to the employer or prospective employer, which indicates that the named person may stay in the UK and is permitted to do the work in question.