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Right-to-work & Right-to-Rent

In the UK, Landlords and Employers are requested to validate the individuals' right to rent and right to work using an "Identity Document Validation Technology (IDVT)" that uses a "Identity Service Provider (IDSP)" like Veridas.

According to GPG45 guides on right-to-work (Section 9. Annex C) and right-to-rent (Annex B) for the purposes of verifying identity checks through IDVT, only the following specified documents can be accepted:

  • valid British passports
  • valid Irish passports
  • valid Irish passport cards

Also, according to those guides, Veridas as an IDSP must obtaing the following information to be provided to the relying party:

Subject How to get this field from Veridas Mandatory
Forename PD_Name_Out Y
Middle names PD_Name_Out Y
Present surname(s) PD_LastName_Out Y
Date of Birth PD_BirthDate_Out Y
Image of the biometric page of the identity document Via API: GET /v1/validation/{{ ValidationId }}/document/image/obverse Y
Photograhp / image Via API: GET /v1/validation/{{ ValidationId }}/selfie Y
Identity verified Check Recommended scores Y
Evidence checked by Veridas Y
Date of ID check JSON returned, field: data.createdAt Y

This information must be stored securely by the relying party in electronic or hard copy for audit and investigation purposes.

Veridas has been certified in H1A, H1C and M2C profiles.