Identification Requirements: Individuals/Sole Proprietors
RECENT LEGISLATION
We must confirm your identity at the very outset of a transaction. Examples of what we are allowed to accept as identification are set out below:-
WE REQUIRE:-
Firstly, Personal Identification containing a current photograph: ONE of the following:-
• Current signed passport; or
• Photo-card driving license; or
• National Identity card containing photograph; or
• Photographic registration cards for self-employed individuals and
partnerships in the construction industry C1S4.
If you have none of the above please contact us.
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Secondly, Evidence of your address: TWO of the following which must be different from the documents above:-
• Confirmation from an electoral register search that a person of
that name lives at that address; or
• A recent utility bill or statement, or a certificate from a utilities
supplier confirming an arrangement to pay for services on pre-payment terms
(we do not accept mobile telephone bills as they can be sent to different
addresses); or
• Local Council Tax bill for current year; or
• Current full UK driving licence, (old style provisional driving
licences cannot be accepted); or
• Bank or Building Society or credit union statement or passbook containing
current address; or
• A recent original mortgage statement from a recognised lender; or
• Solicitor’s letter confirming recent house purchase or land
registry confirmation of address; or
• Local Council or Housing Association rent card or Tenancy Agreement;
or
• Benefit book or original notification letter from Benefits Agency
confirming the right to claim benefits; or
• EEA member state identity card; or
• Inland Revenue self-assessment statement or tax demand; or
• House or motor insurance certificate; or
• Record of any home visit made; or
• An entry confirming name and address in a local or national telephone
directory.
Thirdly, We need your National Insurance number.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND THESE ITEMS THROUGH THE POST. PLEASE ARRANGE TO COME AND SEE ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR A 5 MINUTE APPOINTMENT, DURING WHICH WE WILL TAKE COPIES OF THE RELEVANT IDENTIFICATION, WITH YOU RETAINING THE ORIGINALS.
IF YOU ARE BASED IN THE UK AND CANNOT COME INTO OUR OFFICE
If you are unable to come and bring your identification with you, you must take the relevant documents to another person local to you and ask them to certify:-
1. That the copies are true copies of the original
2. That the photograph on the photographic evidence is a true likeness of you
You may take these to:-
• A UK solicitor
• An Accountant
• A Doctor
• A high street Bank Manager
We will need their name and address.
We would suggest that you take our letter and these enclosures with you.
IF YOU ARE BASED OUTSIDE THE UK AND CANNOT COME INTO OUR OFFICE
The necessary evidence can be certified by:-
• An Embassy Consulate or High Commission of the Country of issue
• A qualified lawyer or notary or
• In the case of international students, the Registrar of a UK higher
education institution.
We will need their name and address.
We would suggest that you take our letter and these enclosures with you.