How to Get a Share Code (Prove Right to Work or Rent in the UK)

No. If your BRP shows 31 December 2024, only the card has ended. Your permission to stay has not ended. Sign up for an eVisa and a UKVI account. What matters is your status, not the plastic card.

All share codes last 90 days. You can use one code many times in those 90 days. Each code is for one purpose only. A right-to-rent code starts with the letter R. For a new purpose, make a new code. You can make as many codes as you need. There is no limit.

No. The landlord or employer only sees if you have the right to work or rent, and any conditions, such as a limit on your work hours. The rest of your record stays private.

A share code is a short code from your UKVI account. You give it to an employer or a landlord, and they use it to check your immigration status online. BRP cards ended in 2024/25 and eVisas took their place, so now a share code is how you prove your right to work and your right to rent. To get one, create your UKVI account at gov.uk with your passport or BRP details and access to the email you used for your visa, then sign in to the view and prove service, pick the type you need, right to work for a job or right to rent for a landlord, and the service gives you a code with 9 characters that lasts 90 days. Give the code and your date of birth to the employer or landlord, and they type both into the official checking service and get your record right away. In short, a UK share code is a free 9-character code from your UKVI account that proves your immigration status for work or rent, and you can make as many codes as you need.

First, create your UKVI account at gov.uk if you have an eVisa, EU Settlement Scheme status, or a recent BRP, using your passport or BRP details and access to the email you used for your visa, since your account shows your immigration status, your visa type, your conditions, and the date it ends. Then sign in to the view and prove service and generate the share code: pick the type you need, right to work for a job or right to rent for a landlord, since these are two different codes, and the service gives you a code with 9 characters that lasts 90 days, with codes for other purposes also available. Then give the code to the employer or landlord, who types the code and your date of birth into the official checking service and gets your record right away, and if they do this check in the right way, the law protects them from a penalty. One code can be used many times in its 90 days, you can make a new code at any time, and codes are free with no limit. If you had a BRP, remember that all BRPs ended on 31 December 2024, so make a UKVI account and use eVisa share codes instead, and do not plan travel with only a BRP. In short, to get a share code, make a UKVI account, generate the code for the exact purpose in the view and prove service, and hand the code and your date of birth to the person checking you.

As the person being checked, create your UKVI account and generate a right-to-work code in the view and prove service, since a right-to-work code and a right-to-rent code are not the same, and give the code and your date of birth to the employer. As the employer, type the code and the date of birth into the official checking service, and you get the record right away: whether the person has the right to work, and any conditions, such as a limit on work hours. If you do this check in the right way, the law protects you from a penalty. The code lasts 90 days, one code can be used many times in those 90 days, and codes are free with no limit, so ask for a new code if the one you were given has expired. In short, checking a right-to-work share code means entering the 9-character code and the date of birth in the official service and reading back the right to work and its conditions.

As the person being checked, create your UKVI account and generate a right-to-rent code in the view and prove service: a right-to-rent code starts with the letter R, and a work code does not work for a landlord. Give the code and your date of birth to the landlord, who types both into the official checking service and gets the record right away: whether the person has the right to rent, and any conditions. If the landlord does this check in the right way, the law protects them from a penalty. The code lasts 90 days, one code can be used many times in those 90 days, and codes are free with no limit, so make a new code if the old one has expired. In short, checking a right-to-rent share code means entering the R code and the date of birth in the official service and reading back the right to rent.

An eVisa share code is the share code for proving your digital immigration status after BRP cards ended on 31 December 2024, when a BRP stopped being proof of status even though the status itself did not change. Make a UKVI account, and use eVisa share codes instead of a BRP. A work or rent share code is only for work and rent and does not work for travel, so for travel, make a separate eVisa share code for airlines and border officers, and carry your real passport with you, since airlines check your eVisa when you check in for a flight to the UK. In short, an eVisa share code is how you prove your UK immigration status digitally now that BRP cards have ended, for work, rent, and travel, with a separate code for travel.