If you have the right to rent, you’re legally allowed to live in the UK and rent a home here.
We must ensure all our tenants, over the age of 18, have the right to rent.
If we didn’t carry out the right checks, we’d be breaking the law and could be fined.
We work with a verification service, called NSL, who’ll ask you to provide high-quality copies (a scan or photo) of your:
Please check here to see what documents you will be required to upload before you start the NSL process:
Click here to download the document: List A & B for Right to Rent.
You’ll be asked to upload these to a secure online portal.
Once they’ve been uploaded, your documents will be checked by a machine and a specialist officer from an accredited checking centre in the UK.
They’ll then be stored securely for the length of your tenancy, and for 12 months after your tenancy ends. After that, they’ll be securely destroyed.
If you have any questions about the document-checking process, please contact the NSL Vetting team:
Address: Optivo, 1 The Square, Aldermaston Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9FT
Site type: Keyworker
Phone: 0208 0360 017
Address: Optivo, Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 0RJ
Site type: Keyworker
Phone: 0208 0360020
Email: chertsey@optivo.org.uk
Address: Optivo, Kettering General Hospital, Slipton House, Rothwell Road, Kettering, Northants, NN16 8YS
Site type: Keyworker
Phone: 020 3202 0330
Address: Optivo, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Galsworthy Road, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7QU
Site type: Keyworker
Phone: 0208 0360020
Email: kingston@optivo.org.uk
Address: Optivo, 237 Servite House, Morecambe Close, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0FH
Site type: Keyworker
Phone: 0203 2020 355
Address: Goldsmiths House, Park Village East, Camden, London, NW1 3SX
Site type: Student
Phone: 0208 0360 060
Address: Helen Graham House, 57 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BA
Site type: Student
Phone: 0208 036 0033
Address: Park House, 227 Earls Court Road, London, SW5 9BL
Site type: Student
Phone: 0203 202 0360
Email: Park.house@optivo.org.uk
Address: Welkin Halls of Residence, Gaudick Rd, Eastbourne BN20 7SH
Site type: Student
Phone: 0208 036 0062
Email: Reception.WH@optivo.org.uk
Address: Wood Green Hall, Brabant Road, London, N22 6UZ
Site type: Student
Phone: 0203 202 0390
Email: woodgreen@optivo.org.uk