Your right to work in the UK
Under the Immigration Act 2016, you must provide certain documents to show you have permission to be in the UK and work as a private hire operator, private hire or hackney carriage driver.
We will check these documents when you first apply, renew or extend your current licence. If you have time-limited permission to be in the UK we will repeat this check each time you renew or extend your licence (until you can prove you are entitled to stay indefinitely in the UK, without restriction on your ability to work).
When you renew your licence you must provide one of the original documents shown below.
Most people provide:
- a UK passport (current or expired)
- a Full UK birth certificate, which includes the name of at least one of your parents, or adoptive parents, and a document with your National Insurance Number in your name issued by a Government agency or a previous employer
If you can't provide these documents, please see the Other acceptable documents guidance.
If you can't produce original documents your application will be refused.