Registering my Polish girlfriend with the UK home office?

Hi,

My polish girlfiend has been living and working in London for almost 6 years now. She never registered with the home office and after doing some research apparently its illegal for her to work without it. Is that true? will there be any legal consequences because she left it for so long?

Thanks
Si

No.

Most people don't bother and the onus is on the employer rather than the employee.

BTW, are you the Simon Jones that used to live in Warsaw. Friend of Peter M's?

It's abolished as of April this year. It's pretty unlikely that they'll bother anyone now for working illegally - and there seems to be no cross checking anyway, so she's pretty safe now.

it just messes up her tax, an when she retires she will lose out on pension