The duty to control the immigration status of the tenant was charged the landlord

The UK government has confirmed that all homeowners in England will now have to check the right tenant to live in the UK, before they grant them a flat to rent since February of 2016.

This means that the pilot project on the verification of the immigration status of the tenant, launched in the West Midlands last year, and now it will spread all over England since February of 2016, and the launch date of the new rules in other parts of the camps will be announced later. Under the new rules, landlords who do not check the status of the tenant, will be subject to a fine of £ 3,000 for each tenant.

Rules on verification of tenants are part of the “Immigration act” of 2014, which introduced measures to reform the immigration system.

In principle, as shown by a pilot project, testing is not particularly difficult and should not cause problems for homeowners. The main thing that must be done by the landlord is to check the passport of the tenant or any document confirming his right of residence on the territory of the United Kingdom.

The UK government hopes that changes to immigration rules will bring significant benefits, enabling identification of illegal migrants and at the same time to restore order in the rental sector of the UK property.

Among the documents that can be considered valid for the contract of rent – a passport of a British citizen passport or identity card of the citizen of the European Union, a document confirming residence in the UK, or any other document issued by the home office confirming naturalisation in the UK.

® Alice Morgan. G. 22.10.2015

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