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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.
Weights and Measures Act 1985 and subsequent Deregulation Order 1999 (as amended).
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
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.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
Clarifying existing practice for verifying deaths outside of hospitals and providing a framework for safe verification of death during the coronavirus emergency.
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.
Case study from Advai.
Find out how to apply for verification and what happens if you do not.
This document complements the higher-level guidance in the government Analytical Quality Assurance (AQuA) book which is published by HM Treasury.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
This series is based on the experience of the monitoring and verification team for the DFID Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Results Programme
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.
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