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Using immigration documents

If you바카라 사이트檙e not a British or Irish citizen, you can use one of the following documents to prove your right to rent:

  • a passport
  • a travel document issued by the Home Office
  • an immigration status document sent to you when you were given permission to stay in the UK

Your passport, travel document or immigration status document needs to have a Home Office endorsement in it - for example, a stamp or a vignette (a sticker).

This must say that you have one of the following:

  • indefinite leave to enter or indefinite leave to remain in the UK
  • no time limit to your stay in the UK
  • a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode
  • exemption from immigration control
  • limited leave to enter or limited leave to remain in the UK, or permission to stay for a time limited period - this must cover the time you바카라 사이트檒l be renting
  • a certificate of entitlement to readmission to the UK

You can no longer use a physical biometric residence permit or card to prove your right to rent - you바카라 사이트檒l need to get a share code instead.

Your document usually needs to be current. It can only be expired if it바카라 사이트檚 a passport showing you have one of the following:

  • indefinite leave to remain in the UK
  • no time limit to your stay in the UK
  • a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode聽
  • exemption from immigration control

Find out about the original immigration documents you can use.

If you바카라 사이트檙e a Ukrainian citizen

You can get a share code to prove your right to rent if you have:

  • a biometric residence permit (BRP)
  • a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) account

If you do not have a BRP or a UKVI account yet, you can use your passport with an 바카라 사이트榚ndorsement바카라 사이트� stamp or vignette sticker in.

If you do not have a passport, you can give your landlord an entry clearance vignette sticker attached to a 바카라 사이트楩orm for Affixing the Visa바카라 사이트� (FAV). They바카라 사이트檒l use it to check your immigration status with the Home Office.

If you applied for settled or pre-settled status in Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man

You can show your landlord a letter or email confirmation to prove your settled or pre-settled status was given there. Your landlord can use this to confirm your immigration status with the Home Office.

If you applied for settled status in Jersey, you바카라 사이트檒l need to use the to get a confirmation letter.

If you바카라 사이트檙e waiting for a decision on an EU Settlement Scheme application

You can get a share code to prove your right to rent.

You can also use a physical certificate of application from the Home Office to prove your right to rent if you have one.

You바카라 사이트檒l need to show your physical certificate to your landlord, who will ask for a to see if you can rent in England.

If you do not have your original immigration documents

You may be able to get a share code to prove your right to rent or use a combination of 2 documents.

Your landlord can also ask for a to see if you can rent in England.

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