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How and when to check the identity of someone who is using your service.
This guidance explains how to fix an inconsistency relating to your name, as a UK national in Italy, so you can prove your identity to access local services.
This guide explains when evidence of identity is required and how it should be given. It is aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 67).
Information and guidance for verifying your identity.
Guidance to help you validate the identity of a DBS check applicant and a new lead/countersignatory.
When you need to prove and verify someone’s identity, you must get evidence about them. A vouch is one of the types of evidence you can collect.
How to detect basic forgeries in identity documents.
Guidelines on providing prisoners with ID so that they can open a bank account.
Find out what makes a person an enabler of tax avoidance, and what to do about legally privileged communications.
An Easton man with multiple aliases was prosecuted at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on 15 June 2023.
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