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tenants from Ukraine
Old_Git
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I have potential tenants who came from the Ukraine .
Is there anything I need to be aware of before I do this .
Is there anything I need to be aware of before I do this .
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It's not in EU so do they have permission to live here / work here ?
No idea how you'd check that but isn't that a LLs responsibility nowadays ?0 -
If in England ..
https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents
... but then you have to do this anyway wherever they are from.0 -
If in England ..
https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents
... but then you have to do this anyway wherever they are from.
True but if they are from EU all you need do is check their passports. If from non EU goodness knows how a layperson is meant to establish right to live / work here. Presumably LLs these days pass this off to a third party to check because how on earth would you know if these documents are fraudulent or what documents are required.0 -
I would suggest you have a look at the home office website and look for the lists of acceptable documents.
Then take photocopies of their documentation.
In order to have a defence you are only required to he happy that they appear genuine and appear to he for the person you are dealing with - if they turn out to he counterfeit you are not held responsible so long as it is reasonable to believe they are genuine (ie not a pic sellotaped to a plasticine passport) - it's the same for employers
You aren't held responsible if you are fooled by fakes0 -
If they're outside the EU, they will have a biometric residence permit. It will have a chip in it, so relatively difficult to forge, I would think. It sort of looks like a driver's license, but look on the GOV UK site to see an example.0
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In addition to the above, you are unlikely to be able to check references or credit history; it is always a gamble when you grant a tenancy without such checks.
* Consider asking for a UK guarantor
* Maximise the deposit taken (but note that a deposit greater than 2 months rent confers additional rights on a tenant)
* consider asking for rent in advance (not just the standard 1 month)
* if they are working in the UK, check their employment status carefully
* consider asking if their employer will act as guarantor
* consider letting to their UK employer (who then places them in the property), but be aware you'd not have an AST with the employer0 -
contrivant wrote: »If they're outside the EU, they will have a biometric residence permit. It will have a chip in it, so relatively difficult to forge, I would think. It sort of looks like a driver's license, but look on the GOV UK site to see an example.
I think it would be very easy to forge, eg how would i know if it was a valid one. (I realise it would be difficult to forge if you had a reader that read eh chip and knew what shoudl be on it, etc but just looking ata chunk of plastic with some words on it and a chip, easy peasy.0 -
If in England ..
https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents
... but then you have to do this anyway wherever they are from.
That presumably applies to the whole of the country?
Wherever I was in Britain - I'd be asking to see their passports to start with.0 -
moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »That presumably applies to the whole of the country?
Wherever I was in Britain - I'd be asking to see their passports to start with.
Nothing to stop you asking, but AFAIK there is no legal requirement presently outside England.0 -
Why? Theres no shortage of British or EU professionals"enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb0
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