This month (february) the Home Office has published updated Right to Rent guidance for landlords & letting agents.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/landlords-guide-to-right-to-rent-checks 

The updates include:

• consolidating the guidance by streamlining the content within the section titled ‘Previous versions of this guidance’. 

• the decommissioning of biometric cards, including Biometric Residence Permits/Card (BRP/BRC) confirming that individuals who currently use a physical immigration document, such as a BRP/BRC, or legacy paper document, should take action to create a UKVI account to access their eVisa to prove their right to rent in the UK. 

• Annex A: List of acceptable documents for a manual right to rent check to confirm that a clipped British or Irish passport is a cancelled document and therefore not acceptable proof of right to rent. Also, clarification that a short or long birth certificate is considered acceptable when presented with official evidence of name and national insurance number. 

• updates to Annex C: Ukrainian nationals and right to rent, to confirm the opening of the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme on 4 February 2025. 

• the removal of the section referring to COVID-19 temporary adjusted checks. 

• further information added on Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETAs) and how non visa nationals can prove their right to rent.