PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrants: Employment (9 November 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help non-EU citizens with biometric residence permits who cannot access a share code online prove their right to work.

Asked by:
Nadia Whittome (Labour)

We are delivering a streamlined, simplified and modern visa system that meets the needs of the Home Office and its customers. Increasingly, we are replacing physical and paper-based products and services with accessible, easy to use online and digital services. This includes providing individuals with the ability to prove their right to work using a secure share code that employers can check online.

If an individual is unable to provide a share code due to a technical issue, they can contact the UKVI Resolution Centre. The centre is open seven days a week for telephone and email enquiries. Individuals can contact the UKVI Resolution Centre, including by phone, to request us to share status on their behalf, if they are unable to do so themselves.

Further information is available on right to work checks on GOV.UK at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide.

Answered by:
Robert Jenrick (Reform UK)
16 November 2022