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Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
Weights and Measures Act 1985 and subsequent Deregulation Order 1999 (as amended).
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.
Find out about the verification checks and what to expect during a visit if you have applied for verification and paid your fee for the Scheme.
Check the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office created an Apostille - verify a legalised document
Find out about the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme if you produce a UK spirit drink with a protected Geographical Indication.
Find out how to apply for verification and what happens if you do not.
Clarifying existing practice for verifying deaths outside of hospitals and providing a framework for safe verification of death during the coronavirus emergency.
Read the key learning from our trial of age verification technology to protect children from harm in the sale of alcohol.
How to request and use agent assurance codes if you are a UK-regulated agent carrying out verification checks on an overseas entity, and its beneficial owners and managing officers.
Immigration staff guidance on Home Office document verification checks.
VoCO (Verification of Children Online) is a child online safety research project that responds to the challenge of knowing which online users are children.
How to pay your verification fee for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme.
This document complements the higher-level guidance in the government Analytical Quality Assurance (AQuA) book which is published by HM Treasury.
Armilla Verified is Armilla’s third-party verification of AI-powered products. It empowers AI vendors and enterprises alike to assure the quality and reliability of their AI solutions.
Use this page to verify Certificates of Competency (CoC) and Flag State Endorsements (FSE) online.
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