Checking your tenant's right to rent
Follow-up checks
You must do a follow-up check to make sure your tenant can still rent property in the UK if there’s a time limit on their permission to stay.
You can get a fine if you do not do a follow-up check and your tenant’s permission to stay ends.
Do the follow-up check just before the date that’s the later of:
- the end of your tenant’s permission to stay in the UK
- 12 months after your previous check
You do not have to do a follow-up check if there’s no time limit on your tenant’s permission to stay in the UK.
If your tenant fails a follow-up check
You must tell the Home Office if you find out that your tenant can no longer legally rent property in England after doing a follow-up check.
You could be fined or sent to prison for up to 5 years if your tenant fails a follow-up check and you do not report it to the Home Office.