Overview
It is a legal requirement that all prospective tenants in England be checked to ensure they have a right to rent unless they are applying to rent in a property class which has a specific exemption.
TrustID is an IDVT that provides a single service which covers the right to rent checks for non-UK citizens and the ID checks for UK citizens in one process.
The option for the right to rent check is set on a tenant basis on Step 3: Tenants in the contract creation process. The checks for the selected tenants will commence after the contract has been countersigned. When the checks will commence depends on the tenant's nationality.
If the tenant's nationality is British, English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, Irish, the right to rent check will commence:
Immediately after the contract is signed.
If the tenant's nationality is not British or Irish then the right to rent check will commence:
28 days before the contract start date.
Immediately if the contract is signed and there are less than 28 days before the contract start date.