Use of Identity Document Validation Technology (IDVT) for Digital Right to Work Checks

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited Kingdom

Operative dateApril 6, 2022

CategoryBorder and internal controls / post-entry rights

Policy toolEmployer & landlord sanctions / verification mechanism

Affected groupBritish and irish citizens holding valid passports or irish passport cards, and employers

Policy effect

Enables employers to use Digital Verification Services (DVS), incorporating Identity Document Validation Technology (IDVT), to complete the digital identity verification element of right to work checks for British and Irish citizens who hold a valid passport (including Irish passport cards), providing a continuous statutory excuse.

Official source excerpt

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Since 6 April 2022, employers have been able to use digital verification services (DVS) to complete the digital identity verification element of right to work checks for British and Irish citizens who hold a valid passport (including Irish passport cards). … The relevant changes to legislation which allowed employers to obtain a statutory excuse using a Digital Verification Service (or ‘DVS’, also referred to in legislation as an IDSP or ‘identity service provider’) came into force from 6 April 2022. … sets out how employers can use a DVS to comply with their responsibilities to conduct digital right to work checks, for holders of valid British and Irish Passports (including Irish passport cards).

assets.publishing.service.gov.ukhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878ead80263c35f52e4dd76/26_06_25_Guidance_Right_to_work_checks_-_an_employer_s_guide.pdf; https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/242/contents/madeOpen official source

Retrieved from https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878ead80263c35f52e4dd76/26_06_25_Guidance_Right_to_work_checks_-_an_employer_s_guide.pdf

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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