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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.
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
Information on using the app when applying to work, study or live in the UK.
Use our verification services to improve the accuracy of property ownership data.
Make sure a job applicant can work in the UK - check they have the right documents and make sure you're not prosecuted for employing an illegal worker.
Information for EU citizens and their families applying to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Who can confirm someone’s identity online for a passport application and what they need to do
Check the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office created an Apostille - verify a legalised document
Application form ID1 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
Find out how to apply for verification and what happens if you do not.
Sign in to the Construction Industry Scheme online service to file your contractor monthly returns or verify a subcontractor.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Use a job applicant's share code to check they're eligible to work in the UK if they’re from outside the UK and Ireland.
Getting a UK background check so you can apply for Global Entry and get through USA border control faster: how to apply, how much it costs
Read the key learning from our trial of age verification technology to protect children from harm in the sale of alcohol.
A new partnership with the Post Office will make online government services easier to access. An in-person service for the One Login programme will support people with lower digital skills to verify their identity.
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