Personal Licence - Right to Work in the UK
Any person applying for a personal licence must provide proof that they are eligible to reside and work in the UK. Proof of residence is now a mandatory requirement for all new personal licence applications. If you fail to provide such documentation, then we will not begin processing your licence application until you do so.
It should also be noted that if a person ceases to have the right to live and work within the UK, that any personal licence issued will lapse. Therefore, it is incumbent on the applicant to ensure that any documents are supplied to us as soon as possible if their right to live and work in the UK expires midway through a licence period.
Your right to work will be checked as part of your personal licence application and this could involve us checking your immigration status with the Home Office. We may otherwise share information with the Home Office.
UK nationals will normally prove their right to work by providing a copy of their UK passport or their UK birth certificate together with an official document giving the person's permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a government agency.
Irish Citizens
Irish citizens continue to have unrestricted access to work in the UK. They can prove their right to work using their Irish passport or Irish passport card (in either case, whether current or expired), or their Irish birth or adoption certificate together with an official document giving the person's permanent National Insurance number and their name issued by a government agency or a previous employer.
Irish citizens can also apply for a frontier worker permit:
https://www.gov.uk/frontier-worker-permit
This permit can be issued digitally or as a physical permit, so they can prove their right to work using the Home Office online right to work service.
EEA Citizens - EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
Since 1 July 2021, EEA citizens and their family members are required to have immigration status in the UK. They can no longer rely on an EEA passport or national identity card to prove their right to work. They are required to provide evidence of lawful immigration status in the UK, in the same way as other foreign nationals.
The majority of EEA citizens now prove their right to work using the Home Office online services:
https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work
If an EEA citizen has been granted 'Settled Status' by the Home Office, they will have a continuous right to work. If an EEA citizen has been granted 'Pre-Settled Status' by the Home Office, they will have a time-limited right to work.
Employing Persons at Licensed Premises Who Do Not Have the Right to Work in the UK
It remains an offence to employ persons at a licensed premises who do not have the right to live or work in the UK.