You need to repeat a right to work check when:
- A person returns to LSE after a break in their employment. For example, someone who has taught for you previously comes back the following year to teach again, or
- Before a person's visa expires.
HR normally sends a reminder to staff at 3 months and 1 month prior to their visa expiry date to remind them to repeat their right to work check.
As a line manager you should ensure that you are aware of your staff’s visa expiry dates and actively encourage them to renew their visas promptly so that you can be confident that they will still be able to work after their visa expires.
Before their visa expires staff will need to present to the HR Division either:
- Evidence of their new visa, or
- Evidence that they have applied to renew their visa and a completed ECS Check form.
If the individual has a visa application in progress with the Home Office, we will need to verify this through the Employers Checking Service (ECS) at the Home Office. Once we receive a positive response from the Home Office, the individual will be able to continue to work for LSE until a formal decsion is made on their visa application. Once they have received their new visa, they must undertake a new right to work check with HR as soon as possible.