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Guidance for organisations certified against the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework who offer delegated authority as part of their service.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a person’s signature is genuine if we do not hold a record of their signature on main index.
Good Practice Guide (GPG) 45 helps you decide how to check someone's identity.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
How to meet our identity verification standard when verifying someone’s identity for Companies House.
A verification tool that uses an matching algorithm to match the users image with a trusted ID and ensures that they are present during the process.
Who can confirm someone’s identity online for a passport application and what they need to do
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
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