You will need to provide us with evidence that you are legally allowed to work in the UK if you are:
- applying to become a licensed driver
- applying to become an operator
- a hackney carriage or private hire vehicle licence holder
To prove this, we will need to see your original right-to-work documents in person and take copies of them.
This information can be provided when you make your in-person DBS application to us.
Once we have seen you in-person, we will not need to see you again unless you have right to work restrictions.
Documents that we accept
You will need to provide one of the documents listed below:
- British passport
- Irish passport
- document from Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man
- passport from immigration control
- immigration status document issued by the Home Office, presented with an official document giving your permanent National Insurance (NI) number and your name
- UK birth certificate, together with an official document giving your permanent National Insurance number and name
- Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Ireland birth certificate, presented with an official document giving your permanent NI number and name
- certificate of naturalisation as a British citizen, presented with an official document giving your permanent NI number and your name
Under immigration controls
If you are under immigration controls, then we will only issue a licence for the period that you are entitled to work in the UK.
We will need to see one of the documents listed below before we can issue your licence:
- current passport
- document from Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man
- current immigration status document containing a photograph issued by the Home Office
Right to work is time-limited
Where your right to work in the UK is a time-limited period, we will need to see a:
- document or certificate of application (non-digital) issued by the Home Office
- document from the Bailiwick of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man
- application Registration Card issued by the Home Office that says you can take employment
- positive Verification Notice issued by the Home Office Employer Checking Service
More information
You can find more information about these acceptable documents from the Home Office.