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Guidance on how to prove someone’s identity or give them access to your service or organisation.
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
We’re working to help people securely prove who they are without having to rely on physical documents.
What to do if you're having problems proving your identity with GOV.UK One Login using security questions.
Identity and Passport Service became Her Majesty’s Passport Office in May 2013.
What to do if you think you are a victim of identity theft or fraud, and what signs to look out for.
Foresight project looking at how changes in the next 10 years will affect views of identity in the UK.
If you want to claim Universal Credit you must verify your identity. This guide for claimants and people supporting them explains how to do that.
Who can confirm someone’s identity online for a passport application and what they need to do
Identity cards have been scrapped - what to do if you still have one, biometric residence permits, identity cards for foreign nationals
Guidance on the 2011 cancellation of identity cards, and information about new suppliers working with the Identity and Passport Service.
Application form ID1 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
Application form ID3 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
This guide explains when evidence of identity is required and how it should be given. It is aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 67).
Application form ID2: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
Verify the identity of an officer from the HMRC Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) or a HMRC collector if they contact you in person.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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