Identity checks for Recruiters

Speed up identity checks, protect your business and on-board candidates from anywhere

The quick, easy and affordable way to check Right to Work status for your candidates...

Our Right to Work service makes compliance simpler, whether you need to check ID documents for a few candidates or for thousands.

Our recruitment customers validate identity documents from around the world, including global passports, ID cards, Biometric Residence Permits and visas. We return a response in minutes.

Our Right to Work service supports the statutory excuse and our expert helpdesk team are on hand to offer advice and support when you need it.

We already work with over 200 recruitment agencies, of all sizes. Why not get in touch to find out how we could help you?

Why choose TrustID identity checks for your recruitment agency?

Affordable and scalable

Whether you need to check a few documents or thousands, from the office or on the move, the TrustID online checking service gives you an easy way to demonstrate compliance.

We offer our service in a pay-as-you-go model, starting from as little as £200 for 100 identity document checks, with no hidden costs.

Expert support

Our team of document experts manually check and review any documents which fail to validate correctly so that you always receive a conclusive result. And they’re on hand to offer document advice if you need it too!

Fast results to save you time

Our online id verification service helps you to confirm the validity and format of an ID document, saving you time and giving you a quick result.
We verify printed information, check the ID against a database of known fraudulent documents and send you a detailed .pdf report to download, usually within just a few minutes and always within 1 business hour

Integrate with your systems

If you want to check identity documents as part of your online candidate on-boarding process, our API can seamlessly integrate TrustID checks within your existing systems or own platform.

Let's talk about you

Tel: 0118 466 0822 or

Some of our Recruitment customers

We help over 200 Recruitment Agencies and Umbrella businesses to make thousands of identity checks on their candidates every year.

4 steps to sensitively deal with fake identity documents

Document validation, HR, Recruitment

4 steps to sensitively deal with fake identity documents

By Guest Editor21st March 2020

Whilst there’s a lot of information available about how to check identity documents for counter fraud or Right to Work compliance, there’s little guidance about what action to take when a document fails your checks. Handling counterfeit or fraudulent documents can be nerve-wracking, so our guest blogger, Abbie Pullman, has pulled together some practical advice to...

A range of identity validation services for Right to Work compliance

Customers, Document validation, Recruitment, Right to Work

A range of identity validation services for Right to Work compliance

By Sarah Croft3rd October 2019

When it comes to Right to Work software, we know very well that a ‘one size fits all’ approach doesn’t work. The service you need will depend on your process, in-house knowledge, risk profile, the volume of checks you need, your budget and how you want to make checks and so much more! We recently spoke to...

Are you up to speed with Right to Work legislation?

HR, Recruitment, Right to Work

Are you up to speed with Right to Work legislation?

By Tony Machin - CEO16th July 2019

Right to Work legislation is not straightforward! If you’re making checks on staff, including temporary or voluntary staff, you can be shown 17 different types of document, potentially issued in hundreds of different countries, that may need to be checked in a variety of combinations to demonstrate eligibility to work in the UK. And the Employers...

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Document validation, Fraud prevention, Recruitment

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By Tony Machin - CEO29th April 2019

As a diligent Recruiter, you no doubt have a process in place for making Right to Work checks and you’re probably well aware of the risks of employing illegal workers. But the first step in any Right to Work process is to ensure that the documents you’re seeing are genuine. And that’s really not an...

TrustID help support compliance for ADVANCE

Customers, Document validation, Recruitment

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By Sarah Croft10th April 2019

Lots of businesses talk about compliance but at ADVANCE, a leading provider of employment, contractor and freelancer solutions, compliance is the core of everything they do, including during the on-boarding of over 40,000 contractors and freelancers. The organisation regularly run internal quality audits to ensure their ongoing compliance and in 2017, as part of one...

Helping recruitment businesses improve Right to Work compliance with identity document checks.

Document validation, Online checks, Recruitment

Helping recruitment businesses improve Right to Work compliance with identity document checks.

By Sarah Croft25th April 2018

A growing number of recruitment businesses rely on TrustID identity checking services to help them improve compliance and introduce a consistent, reliable and quick on-boarding process for new candidates. We caught up with the team at Anderselite recently who have introduced TrustID Cloud to all their recruitment consultants to allow them to check identity documents...

Identity checks for recruiters

Identity checks for Recruiters

The quick, easy and affordable way to check Right to Work status for your candidates...

Why choose TrustID identity checks for your recruitment agency?

Affordable and scalable

Expert support

Fast results to save you time

Integrate with your systems

Let's talk about you

Tel: 0118 466 0822 or

Some of our Recruitment customers

We help over 200 Recruitment Agencies and Umbrella businesses to make thousands of identity checks on their candidates every year.

Our latest recruitment blogs

4 steps to sensitively deal with fake identity documents

4 steps to sensitively deal with fake identity documents

A range of identity validation services for Right to Work compliance

A range of identity validation services for Right to Work compliance

Are you up to speed with Right to Work legislation?

Are you up to speed with Right to Work legislation?

Is your recruitment agency protected against fraudulent identity documents used for Right to Work?

Is your recruitment agency protected against fraudulent identity documents used for Right to Work?

TrustID help support compliance for ADVANCE

TrustID help support compliance for ADVANCE

Helping recruitment businesses improve Right to Work compliance with identity document checks.

Helping recruitment businesses improve Right to Work compliance with identity document checks.

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