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How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
We’re working to help people securely prove who they are without having to rely on physical documents.
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
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.
Guidance for completing form ID3: certificate of identity for a private individual.
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Information on how the Department for Education (DfE) and its executive agencies share personal data.
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
How to make sure that your products are properly checked for conformity and your technical documents are managed correctly.
Find out how to prove your right to rent in England to a landlord. Get an online share code to prove your right to rent if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
Guidance on the 2011 cancellation of identity cards, and information about new suppliers working with the Identity and Passport Service.
How to conform with the legal requirements for placing medical devices on the market.
What to do if you think you are a victim of identity theft or fraud, and what signs to look out for.
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