Visa or Entry Clearance<\/strong>: For those from outside the EEA, a valid visa or entry clearance is necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nIn some cases, a combination of documents may be required to establish the right to rent, especially if the tenant doesn\u2019t have a single document that conclusively proves their right to reside in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion, the Right to Rent was introduced as part of the UK government’s strategy to tackle illegal immigration by involving landlords in the verification of tenants’ legal right to reside in the country. The scheme is meant to act as a deterrent for illegal immigration and to reduce illegal employment and services by making it harder for those without legal status to secure housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The “Right to Rent” is a legal requirement in the United Kingdom that mandates landlords to verify the immigration status of all prospective tenants before renting out their property. This rule is part of the government’s efforts to control illegal immigration by ensuring that only individuals who are legally allowed to stay in the UK […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"tips"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Lii","author_link":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/author\/liraz\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"tips","slug":"tips","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":73,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":73,"category_description":"","cat_name":"tips","category_nicename":"tips","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2.jpg",1120,630,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2-1024x576.jpg",800,450,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2.jpg",1120,630,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Finding-a-UK-home-2.jpg",1120,630,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Lii","author_link":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/author\/liraz\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The “Right to Rent” is a legal requirement in the United Kingdom that mandates landlords to verify the immigration status of all prospective tenants before renting out their property. This rule is part of the government’s efforts to control illegal immigration by ensuring that only individuals who are legally allowed to stay in the UK…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.relocationmum.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}