Powers relating to verification of identity or status
Since 6 April 2022, employers and landlords have been able to use Identity Service Providers (IDSPs), also known as Digital Verification Service (DVS) providers, to carry out the digital identity checking element of Right to Work and Right to Rent checks. Completion of the prescribed checks provides the employer, landlord or letting agent with a statutory excuse against the imposition of a civil penalty if found to be employing or renting to someone disqualified from work or renting in the private rented sector as a result of their immigration status. An employer or other relevant person may also be required to carry out prescribed right to work checks in order to comply with the terms of an illegal working compliance order.
	The use of IDSPs is currently limited to checks of valid British or Irish passports (or Irish passport card), noting the holders of these are not in scope to use the Home Office online checking services.
	This system of right to work and right to rent checks was introduced under existing powers in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, the Immigration Act 2014 and the Immigration Act 2016.
	The Act enables the Home Office to legislate to require employers and landlords who carry out right to work and right to rent checks using Identity Document Validation Technology (IDVT) to use the services of DVS Providers who are noted in the register established under Part 2 of the Act as complying with designated supplementary rules concerning these checks.