Industry body Propertymark is reminding landlords as well as agents in England that significant changes to the way they carry out Right to Rent checks have now been introduced.

This is due to a combination of the end of Covid-adjusted checks, the expiry of the Brexit transition period, and the Home Office digitization process.

Timothy Douglas, head of policy and campaigns at Propertymark, said: “A combination of factors mean it isn’t a straight return from video checks to in-person checks. There are different requirements depending on the status of the prospective tenant that agents need to familiarise themselves with.”

Face-to-face checks must resume for British and Irish citizens replacing video calls which have been allowed since the start of the pandemic. Landlords and agents can still complete the checks digitally, but to do so will be required to sign up to a UK government-certified and paid-for digital identity service provider or IDSP.

Checks on overseas nationals need to be made either via the Home Office’s real-time and free-to-access system using a digital share code and date of birth that the applicant must provide or using an IDSP. for EU citizens without settled or pre-settled status, the list of ID eligible for checks has also been slimmed down because they must be processed as overseas nationals.