The Facts

Right to Rent

IMMIGRATION ACT 2014

The Immigration Act 2014 established the requirement for private landlords (or

their appointed agents) to verify the identity and right to rent of all occupants aged

18 or over in the UK. Landlords must obtain, verify and store evidence that these

checks have been completed.

Under the Act, landlords must see original documents that satisfy the Home Office

requirements from a list of 2 document groups. Landlords must also inspect the

documents to ensure that they are genuine and have not been tampered with,

many of these document types will have never been seen by most landlords. The

landlord must also make reasonable inquiries to establish that only the occupants

listed will live at the property. All documentation must be securely stored in a

tamper free format for 12 months after the tenancy ends.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

In our opinion this new legislation will place an overbearing burden on landlords.

It's difficult to implement and is administratively challenging because of the lack of

knowledge of genuine or forged document types. We believe this could prove a

significant business risk.

RIGHT TO RENT: THE FACTS

Right to rent is a legal requirement under the Immigration Act 2014

Pilot started in the West Midlands on 01 December 2014

National rollout commences in 2015

£3000 fine for non-compliance

Right to rent of all occupants (not just tenants) over 18 must be verified

You must inspect documents and make sure they are valid and tamper free

You must ensure you determine the total number of people living at the

property

Original documents must be seen in person or by live video feed

Document copies must be kept for 12 months after the tenancy ends

All documents must be produced on request by the Home Office

WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

OnBoard Pro are proud to offer the first fully integrated system that exceeds all

Home Office requirements for Right to Rent checks. In under 5 minutes you will

be guided step by step through the verification flow chart, making sure that

you ask and record all the correct questions. When the time comes to see and

verify a document, we automatically capture it, perform a series of checks, optical

recognition and database comparison to make sure you know the document is

genuine.

We take care of everything for you, including secure digital storage of all

documents, reasonable inquiry checks, and produce a single and secure

PDF document that proves to the Home Office that you have exceeded all of their

checks.

OUR RIGHT TO RENT PROCESS

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

WHAT ABOUT EXISTING ONBOARD

CUSTOMERS?

Don’t worry … with us you’re already prepared for Right to Rent. Right to Rent

checks will be switched live within existing OnBoard Pro tenancy applications

ahead of the UK rollout deadline. Our account management team will be

contacting existing customers in early January to offer free training on how to

conduct the checks.

And the best part, as part of our ongoing commitment to keep our customers

ahead of legislation, Right to Rent checks will be included at no extra cost to

the OnBoard Pro application process.

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Looking for a smart way to get ahead of the

game? We would be delighted to help.

Call us: 08452 26 26 06

Email us: info@onboardpro.co.uk

Unlike the Immigration Act 2014 … our pricing is simple. Our Right to Rent

checks cost just £8.50 per property. This covers you for up to 4 occupants and

includes the entire end-to-end process with secure storage and retrieval of all

documents.