Check list
List A: Acceptable single documents Date Seen ✓ List A: Acceptable single documents Date Seen ✓
A passport (current or expired) showing that the A certificate of registration or naturalisation as a
holder is a British citizen, or a citizen of the UK and British citizen.
Colonies having the ‘right of abode’ in the UK.
A passport or national identity card (current or
expired) showing that the holder is a national of the List A (Group 2): Acceptable documents (any 2) Date Seen ✓
European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.
A full birth or adoption certificate issued in the UK,
A registration certificate or document (current or Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Ireland, which
expired) certifying or indicating permanent residence includes the name(s) of at least one of the holder’s
issued by the Home Office, to a national of the parents or adoptive parents.
European Economic Area country or Switzerland.
A current full or provisional photo card UK driving
A ‘permanent’ residence, ‘indefinite leave to remain’, licence.
‘indefinite leave to enter’ or ‘no time limit’ card issued
A letter from HM Prison Service, the Scottish Prison
by the Home Office (current or expired), to a non-EEA
Service or the Northern Ireland Prison Service
national who is a family member of an EEA or Swiss
confirming the holder’s name, date of birth and that
national.
they have been released from custody of that service
A biometric ‘residence permit’ card (current or in the 6 months prior to the check.
expired) issued by the Home Office to the holder
A letter issued within the 3 months prior to the check
indicating that the person named has ‘indefinite’ leave
by a UK government department or Local Authority
in the UK, or has ‘no time limit’ on their stay in the UK.
and signed by a named official (giving their name and
A passport or other ‘travel document’ (current or professional address), confirming the holder’s name
expired) endorsed to show that the holder is either and that they have previously been known to the
‘exempt from immigration control’, has ‘indefinite’ department or local authority.
leave in the UK, has the ‘right of abode’ in the UK, or
A letter issued within the 3 months prior to the check
has ‘no time limit’ on their stay in the UK.
from an officer of the National Offender Management
A current immigration status document issued by the Service in England and Wales confirming that the
Home Office to the holder with a valid endorsement holder is the subject of an order requiring supervision
indicating that the holder is either ‘exempt from by that officer; from an officer of a local authority in
immigration control’, has ‘indefinite’ leave in the UK, Scotland confirming that the holder is the subject of a
has the ‘right of abode’ in the UK, or has ‘no time limit’ probation order requiring supervision by that officer;
on their stay in the UK. or, from an officer of the Probation Board for Northern
Ireland confirming that the holder is the subject of an
order requiring supervision by that officer.
Evidence (identity card, document of confirmation
issued by one of HM forces, confirmation letter issued
by the Secretary of State) of the holder’s previous or
current service in any of HM’s UK armed forces.
A letter from a UK police force confirming that the
holder is a victim of crime and has reported a passport
or Home Office biometric immigration document
stolen, stating the crime reference number, issued
within the 3 months prior to the check.
A letter issued within the 3 months prior to the check
signed by a representative of a public authority,
voluntary organisation or charity which operates a
scheme to assist individuals to secure accommodation
in the private rented sector in order to prevent or
resolve homelessness.
A letter issued within the 3 months prior to the check
confirming the holder’s name signed by the person
who employs the holder (giving their name and
business address) confirming the holder’s status as
employee and employee reference number or their
National Insurance number.
A letter issued within the 3 months prior to the check
from a UK further or higher education institution
confirming the holder’s acceptance on a current
course of studies. This letter should include the name
of the educational establishment, as well as the name
and duration of the course.
A letter issued within the 3 months prior to the check
from a British passport holder who works in (or is
retired from) an acceptable profession as specified in
the list of acceptable professional persons at Annex
A. The letter should confirm the holder’s name, and
confirm that the acceptable professional person has
known the holder for longer than three months.
List A (Group 2): Acceptable documents (any 2) Date Seen ✓
Benefits paperwork issued by HMRC, a UK Local
Authority or Job Centre Plus, on behalf of the
Department for Work and Pensions or the Northern
Ireland Department for Social Development, issued
within the 3 months prior to the check.
Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate (criminal
record check) issued within the 3 months prior to the
check.
List B: Time-limited documents Date Seen ✓
A current passport or other ‘travel document’
endorsed to show that the holder is allowed to stay in
the UK for a time-limited period.
A current biometric ‘residence permit’ card issued by
the Home Office to the holder, which indicates that
the named person is permitted to stay in the UK for
a time-limited period.
A current ‘residence card’ (including an accession
residence card or a derivative residence card) issued
by the Home Office to a non-EEA national who is
either a ‘family member’ of an EEA or Swiss national
or has a ‘derivative’ right of residence.
A current immigration status document issued by the
Home Office to the holder with a valid endorsement
indicating that the named person may stay in the UK
for a time-limited period.
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