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A NEW ERA FOR DIGITAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION AS YOU’VE PROBABLY heard, from April 2022, the Home Office is due to introduce a permanent digital scheme enabling employers to use certified Identity Service Providers (IDSPs) to conduct remote identity checks on your behalf for Right to Work (RtW). This move follows positive feedback regarding the temporary Covid-adjusted guidance, which allows remote RtW checks, and widespread calls to make the temporary measure a longer-term feature.
What does the new digital RtW scheme mean for you? After 6th April, temporary remote RtW checks using video calls are due to come to an end and be replaced instead by digital checks for UK & Irish citizens with in-date biometric passports and holders of eVisas, and a return to face-to-face checks for everyone else. If, like many businesses, you have decided to adopt hybrid or remote working on an ongoing basis, the use of IDSPs and Identification Document
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Validation Technology (IDVT) will bring many benefits. Firstly, using IDVT reduces potential fraud and helps to identify fake documents. What’s more, using IDVT remove the geographical barriers that the traditional process presents to recruiters and employers. Digital checks will help you to quickly and safely recruit and onboard UK and Irish applicants who hold biometric passports without the need to see original documents, in the same way as you can currently check non-UK applicants via the Home Office online checking service. Whilst this announcement has been widely welcomed, many organisations are wondering how the new scheme may affect them. According to APSCO (the Association of Professional Staffing Companies) businesses, smaller organisations particularly, may be concerned about the difficulty of finding a trusted and affordable supplier before the changes come in.
As the new scheme could be in place in just a few weeks, if you plan to move to digital onboarding checks, you should start investigating IDSPs as soon as possible. The first question you’ll need to ask any provider is “How soon will you be able to get accredited?” – only an accredited IDSP can help you comply with the digital Scheme. At TrustID, we’re already working towards accreditation and aim to get our dedicated RtW solution certified in March 2022. This means we’ll be able to help you conduct RtW checks for candidates, digitally or non-digitally, with no disruption to your business. What’s more, TrustID’s team of experts can get you up and running within hours, with straightforward services that require very little training. Plus, TrustID offers RtW checks on an affordable, pay-per-check basis – so you don’t need to worry about paying for more than you need – and there are no set up fees or user licence costs.
Trust is the key Hundreds of organisations of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries already rely on TrustID for robust and convenient RtW checks. As an expert Identity Service Provider, TrustID uses a unique combination of industry-leading identity verification services and human expertise to identify fake documents every day and our Right to Work services are regularly updated In line with Home Office guidelines. If you’d like to find out more about Right to Work checks after 6th April and how to prepare for the new digital RtW scheme, why not join our free of charge webinar on 9th March – register using the QR code or this link: www.trustid.co.uk/events. Or visit our website – https://www. trustid.co.uk/right-to-work
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