Steps to Obtain a Statutory Excuse Using Zinc as a Digital Platform for Right to Work Checks

The steps you need to take depend on which route your candidate uses to prove their right to work. ### British or Irish Citizens With a Valid Passport Zinc can digitally verify a valid, in-date British or Irish passport (including Irish passport cards) through our Identity Service Provider, Entrust. This eliminates the need to hold or inspect the original document. However, to get a full statutory excuse, you must also complete an **imposter check**. This means confirming, either in person or via a video call, that the candidate matches the photograph and biographic details on the Zinc report. The digital check alone is not sufficient — the statutory excuse is only valid once the imposter check is successfully done. ### British or Irish Citizens Without a Passport The Home Office does not currently allow British or Irish citizens without a passport to be verified through an online right-to-work provider. Zinc can give you a right-to-work result "in principle," but you must physically check the candidate's original document against the photo and date of birth in our report — in person, on or before their first day of employment. For more detail, see the [Home Office guidance on manual checks](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide). ### Non-UK Nationals Using a Share Code The Home Office does not allow Zinc's check of a Share Code to provide a statutory excuse on its own. To get one, you must do both of the following: 1. Independently verify the candidate's right to work using the Home Office's official service at [gov.uk/view-right-to-work](https://www.gov.uk/view-right-to-work), and confirm the share code matches the one shown on the Zinc report. 2. Complete an imposter check, confirming the candidate matches the photo shown in that government check. You can do both steps at once, either in person or via video call. For the full breakdown of Clear and Consider results and how to record your checks on Zinc, see [Interpret Your Candidate's UK Right to Work Results on Zinc](https://help.zincwork.com/hc/hm54ky7yrc/article/dd0e3f80-interpret-your-candidates-uk-right-to-work-results-on-zinc).