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Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
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.
Trustees must carry out due diligence checks on donors, beneficiaries and local partners and can also monitor end use of funds.
Clarifying existing practice for verifying deaths outside of hospitals and providing a framework for safe verification of death during the coronavirus emergency.
Petitioners or their representatives can use this form to verify a petition against a debtor under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Who can confirm someone’s identity online for a passport application and what they need to do
Application form ID5 to be completed with form ID1 or form ID2 where a conveyancer is verifying a person's identity by way of a video meeting.
Application form ID1 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
Check the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office created an Apostille - verify a legalised document
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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