The Home Office has confirmed to the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association that adjusted right to work checks will remain in place until at least 31 August 2021.(1) The development comes at the eleventh hour, as full right to work checks were set to resume from 21 June 2021.

The confirmation also covers adjusted right to rent checks, extending these to at least 31 August 2021 as well.

The further extension follows the Prime Minister's announcement on 14 June 2021 that Step 4 of the COVID-19 lockdown roadmap has been delayed until at least 19 July 2021. The Home Office has also received representations from employers stating that they are not planning to have significant occupancy in their offices until September 2021 at the earliest. The Home Office appears to have taken this into account.

Endnotes

(1) Confirmation of the extension of the adjusted check process has been published here. For information on the previous extension to the adjusted check process, see here.