# Share code: UK Status Check Regime

> The UK Status Check Regime carries 6 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 21 to 90 day, read 17 October 2026.

Immigration Adviser Finder · https://immigrationadviserfinder.com/datasets/uk-status-check-regime/ · computed 2026-10-18

**Range of the published figures:** 21 to 90 day (range 21 to 90 day; 6 published figures; 4 of 16 sources read publish one).

4 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 17 October 2026.

## By check type and statutory excuse length and penalty band

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| check type share-code-validity | 90 day | 90 to 90 day | 1 |
| check type landlord-penalty-fast-payment | 21 day | 21 to 21 day | 1 |
| check type landlord-penalty-payment-after-objection | 21 day | 21 to 21 day | 1 |
| check type landlord-penalty-objection-response | 28 day | 28 to 28 day | 1 |
| check type landlord-penalty-appeal | 28 day | 28 to 28 day | 1 |
| check type right-to-rent-check-window | 28 day | 28 to 28 day | 1 |
| statutory excuse length positive-right-to-rent-notice | 12 month | 12 to 12 month | 1 |
| penalty band illegal-working-maximum | 60,000 GBP | 60,000 to 60,000 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [GOV.UK - Use the Employer Checking Service](https://www.gov.uk/employee-immigration-employment-status) | 60,000 GBP | illegal-working-maximum | 2026-10-17 |
| [GOV.UK - Check someone's immigration status: use their share code](https://www.gov.uk/check-immigration-status) | 90 day | share-code-validity | 2026-10-17 |
| [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026) | 28 day | landlord-penalty-objection-response | 2026-10-17 |
| [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026) | 28 day | landlord-penalty-appeal | 2026-10-17 |
| [GOV.UK - Checking your tenant's right to rent](https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents) | 28 day | right-to-rent-check-window | 2026-10-03 |
| [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026) | 21 day | landlord-penalty-fast-payment | 2026-10-17 |
| [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026) | 21 day | landlord-penalty-payment-after-objection | 2026-10-17 |
| [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026) | 12 month | positive-right-to-rent-notice | 2026-10-17 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (8)

- [GOV.UK - Use the Employer Checking Service](https://www.gov.uk/employee-immigration-employment-status), read 2026-10-17: "You can be fined up to £60,000 for employing illegal workers."
- [GOV.UK - Check someone's immigration status: use their share code](https://www.gov.uk/check-immigration-status), read 2026-10-17: "It expires after 90 days."
- [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026), read 2026-10-17: "The Home Office will inform the landlord of the outcome of the objection within 28 days of receipt of the objection or by the date of any extension to the outcome as agreed with the landlord."
- [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026), read 2026-10-17: "Where a landlord has lodged an objection and has not received a response within 28 days of the date on which the Home Office is deemed to have received the objection, the landlord may proceed to lodge an appeal."
- [GOV.UK - Checking your tenant's right to rent](https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents), read 2026-10-03: "If the tenant is only allowed to stay in the UK for a limited time, you need to do the check in the 28 days before the start of the tenancy."
- [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026), read 2026-10-17: "The FPO reduces the amount of the civil penalty due by 30 per cent, if this payment is made within 21 days of the Civil Penalty Notice being given."
- [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026), read 2026-10-17: "If the landlord is still required to pay a penalty following objection, they will have 21 days to pay via the FPO (if applicable) and 28 days to pay in full, from the date specified in the Objection Outcome Notice."
- [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026), read 2026-10-17: "If positive confirmation is received, by way of a Positive Right to Rent Notice (PRRN) (a ‘yes’ response) from the LCS, the statutory excuse will last for 12 months from the date specified."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [GOV.UK - Prove your right to work to an employer](https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK - Check a job applicant's right to work: use their share code](https://www.gov.uk/view-right-to-work), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Home Office - Employer's guide to right to work checks (26 June 2025, accessible)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide/employers-guide-to-right-to-work-checks-26-june-2025-accessible), read 2026-10-10: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Home Office - Code of practice on preventing illegal working (employers)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-codes-of-practice-for-employers), read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK - Employers: illegal working penalties (collection)](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Home Office - Illegal working civil penalties for UK employers (quarterly report)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-uk-report/illegal-working-civil-penalties-for-uk-employers-1-april-2025-to-30-june-2025), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK - Check a tenant's right to rent in England: use their share code](https://www.gov.uk/view-right-to-rent), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Home Office - Right to rent document checks: a user guide](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-document-checks-a-user-guide), read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK - eVisas: access and use your online immigration status](https://www.gov.uk/evisa), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK - EU Settlement Scheme: what settled and pre-settled status means](https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [legislation.gov.uk - Immigration Act 1971, section 3C](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/3C), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Home Office - Employer's guide to right to work checks (PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878ead80263c35f52e4dd76/26_06_25_Guidance_Right_to_work_checks_-_an_employer_s_guide.pdf), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 16 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 12 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 6 figures, never sentences; 21 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per check type (right to work, right to rent, employer/landlord checking service) per status the checker can be shown: what the code proves, how long it is valid, what the checker must keep, which statutory excuse it earns and for how long, and the civil penalty the absent check exposes - joined to the quarterly civil-penalty reports so the table carries the SERIES nobody publishes beside the rules: penalties issued, illegal workers found and the gross value per quarter, per sector and per region, and the changed-since when a code of practice or a penalty ceiling moves

## Sources

- [GOV.UK - Prove your right to work to an employer](https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - Check a job applicant's right to work: use their share code](https://www.gov.uk/view-right-to-work) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - Check someone's immigration status: use their share code](https://www.gov.uk/check-immigration-status) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - Use the Employer Checking Service](https://www.gov.uk/employee-immigration-employment-status) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office - Employer's guide to right to work checks (26 June 2025, accessible)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide/employers-guide-to-right-to-work-checks-26-june-2025-accessible) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office - Code of practice on preventing illegal working (employers)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-codes-of-practice-for-employers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - Employers: illegal working penalties (collection)](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office - Illegal working civil penalties for UK employers (quarterly report)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-uk-report/illegal-working-civil-penalties-for-uk-employers-1-april-2025-to-30-june-2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office - Code of practice for landlords and their agents: the right to rent scheme (1 October 2026)](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-for-landlords-and-their-agents-the-right-to-rent-scheme-for-landlords-and-their-agents-1-october-2026) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - Checking your tenant's right to rent](https://www.gov.uk/check-tenant-right-to-rent-documents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - Check a tenant's right to rent in England: use their share code](https://www.gov.uk/view-right-to-rent) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office - Right to rent document checks: a user guide](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-document-checks-a-user-guide) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - eVisas: access and use your online immigration status](https://www.gov.uk/evisa) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK - EU Settlement Scheme: what settled and pre-settled status means](https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/what-settled-and-presettled-status-means) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [legislation.gov.uk - Immigration Act 1971, section 3C](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/77/section/3C) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Home Office - Employer's guide to right to work checks (PDF)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6878ead80263c35f52e4dd76/26_06_25_Guidance_Right_to_work_checks_-_an_employer_s_guide.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The UK Status Check Regime carries 6 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 21 to 90 day, read 17 October 2026.
- 4 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, check type share-code-validity: median 90 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, check type landlord-penalty-fast-payment: median 21 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, check type landlord-penalty-payment-after-objection: median 21 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, check type landlord-penalty-objection-response: median 28 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, check type landlord-penalty-appeal: median 28 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, check type right-to-rent-check-window: median 28 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, statutory excuse length positive-right-to-rent-notice: median 12 month across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- UK Status Check Regime, penalty band illegal-working-maximum: median 60,000 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.

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