• Reasonable evidence that a person who is not a national of a European
Economic Area state or Switzerland but who is a family member of such a
national or who has derivative rights of residence in exercising treaty rights in the
UK including:-
o evidence of the applicant’s own identity – such as a passport,
o evidence of their relationship with the European Economic Area family
member e.g. a marriage certificate, civil partnership certificate or birth
certificate, and
o evidence that the European Economic Area national has a right of
permanent residence in the UK or is one of the following if they have
been in the UK for more than 3 months:
(i) working e.g. employment contract, wage slips, letter from the
employer,
(ii) self-employed e.g. contracts, invoices, or audited accounts with a
bank,
(iii) studying e.g. letter from the school, college or university and
evidence of sufficient funds; or
(iv) self-sufficient e.g. bank statements.
Family members of European Economic Area nationals who are studying or financially
independent must also provide evidence that the European Economic Area national and
any family members hold comprehensive sickness insurance in the UK. This can include
a private medical insurance policy, an EHIC card or an S1, S2 or S3 form.
Original documents must not be sent to licensing authorities. If the document copied
is a passport, a copy of the following pages should be provided:
(i) any page containing the holder’s personal details including nationality;
(ii) any page containing the holder’s photograph;
(iii) any page containing the holder’s signature;
(iv) any page containing the date of expiry; and
(v) any page containing information indicating the holder has permission to enter
or remain in the UK and is permitted to work.
If the document is not a passport, a copy of the whole document should be provided.
Your right to work will be checked as part of your licensing application and this could
involve us checking your immigration status with the Home Office. We may otherwise
share information with the Home Office. Your licence application will not be determined
until you have complied with this guidance.
Home Office online right to work checking service
As an alternative to providing a copy of the documents listed above, applicants may
demonstrate their right to work by allowing the licensing authority to carry out a check
with the Home Office online right to work checking service.
To demonstrate their right to work via the Home Office online right to work checking
service, applicants should include in this application their 9-digit share code (provided to
them upon accessing the service at https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work
) which, along
with the applicant’s date of birth (provided within this application), will allow the licensing
authority to carry out the check.
