New Right To Work Check Guidance For Employers

As has been set out in a previous post, new provisions came into force on 6 April 2022, which will begin the phasing out of the use of Biometric Residence Cards and Permits (BRC/BRPs) and Frontier Worker Permit (FWPs) to prove lawful immigration status in the UK when seeking employment.

New updating guidance was published on 22 April 2022 to reflect the 6 April changes; it states that the most significant changes or updates brought by the new legislation relate to the way BRCs, BRPs and FWPs are used to prove the right to work. Other changes will be discussed briefly below.

Using the Online Checking Service Only - The Phasing Out of Biometric Cards

The relevant passage in the Guidance relating to biometric cards reads as follows:-