Rentap helps you do right to rent checks and keep track of them. Tenants you've invited send you their GOV.UK share code and date of birth from Rentap. You open GOV.UK, do the check and record it on the tenancy. If their permission is time-limited, Rentap reminds you before the follow-up check is due.
You do the check, on GOV.UK
Landlords in England must check that tenants have the right to rent before a tenancy starts. Rentap never checks on the Home Office's behalf and never connects to GOV.UK for you. You do the check yourself on GOV.UK's view a tenant's right to rent service, and Rentap keeps what you need in one place.
Tenants send their share code
Tenants you've invited to Rentap can send you their share code. Rentap links them to GOV.UK to get one, then they enter the code and their date of birth and send it to you. A British or Irish citizen can't get a share code, so they tick a box instead and you check their passport or other original documents.
For a tenant who doesn't use Rentap, choose "Copy a message asking for it" and send it your own way.
Check, then record it
On the tenancy, choose "Check on GOV.UK". GOV.UK opens beside Rentap with the share code ready. Check that the photo matches the tenant, in person or on a video call. Then record the check: the date, how you did it, how you matched the photo, whether their permission is continuous or time-limited, and a copy of the result if you like.
When you record a check, Rentap deletes the tenant's share code and date of birth. It doesn't need them any more.
Reminders for follow-up checks
If a tenant's permission is time-limited, enter the follow-up date from GOV.UK. Rentap reminds you 28 days before that date, and again if it passes. Rentap also warns you if a time-limited check was done more than 28 days before the tenancy started.
Share codes that run out
A share code works for 90 days. If a code is waiting and you haven't recorded a check, Rentap reminds you on day 80 to check it before it runs out. On day 90 it asks you to get a new code, and asks the tenant to send one.
Good to know
Each tenant's state shows on the tenancy: not checked, code received, checked, follow-up due or overdue. This isn't legal advice: the Home Office code of practice sets out how to do the check. Our guide to right to rent checks explains the rules.