Right to rent in the UK

Services

Application for permission to rent in England

Use this form to apply for permission to rent while waiting to find out if you’ll be given leave to remain.

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Guidance and regulation

Right to rent document checks: a user guide
- Guidance
- 16 July 2025
- UK Visas and Immigration and Home Office
Landlord's guide to right to rent checks
- Guidance
- 26 June 2025
- UK Visas and Immigration and Home Office
How to view and confirm someone's right to rent: video
- Promotional
- 23 June 2025
- UK Visas and Immigration
Ending a residential tenancy agreement
- Statutory guidance
- 6 April 2020
- UK Visas and Immigration

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Research and statistics

Experiences of migrants and employers using eVisa (2022)
- 22 May 2025
- Home Office
- Research
Statistics on foreign national offenders and the immigration system
- 22 April 2025
- Home Office
- Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

Amendments to the Home Office code of practice for landlords
- 11 February 2022
- Home Office
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 25 February 2022
Permission to rent: equality impact assessment
- 26 November 2024
- Home Office
- Impact assessment
Increasing the maximum civil penalty amount for the right to work and right to rent schemes: equality impact assessment
- 16 November 2023
- UK Visas and Immigration
- Impact assessment
Digital right to work and rent checks for British and Irish citizens: equality impact assessments
- 21 March 2023
- Home Office
- Impact assessment
Immigration Bill: part 3 - landlord immigration checks and access to services
- 28 August 2014
- UK Visas and Immigration and Immigration Enforcement
- Policy paper

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Organisations

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