Certified ID and proof off address

Types of ID accepted by most conveyancers


You must provide one proof of identity (ID) and one proof of address (POA), as well as an additional item of either ID or POA, from the approved list below. The additional item must be provided from a separate source, i.e. 2 bank statements – one for a savings account and a second for a current account, from the same provider – would not be accepted.
If you are making a joint application then bills in joint names may be considered as one proof of address for each of the named individuals on that bill. Where you have recently married and have not made the appropriate changes to your documentation, please also include your marriage certificate.

Personal Identity:

• Current valid (signed) full EU Passport
• Current valid  (signed) non EU Passport
• Current valid National ID card (non UK Nationals)
• Current Full² UK Driving Licence ¹
• Current UK / EU Photocard Driving Licence¹ with Counterpart
• Current Firearms/Shotgun Certificate
• Current State Pension notification letter¹
• Current Benefits Agency letter¹
• Current years HMRC Tax Code Notification⁵
• Current Blue Disabled Drivers Pass
• Identity Card by Electoral Office of Northern Ireland

Address verification:

• Mortgage Statement (13) or Mortgage Redemption Statement (3)
• Recent Utility Bill – Gas, Electricity, Water, Telephone (Not mobile phones) (3)
• Current Council Tax Bill (13)
• Current Full UK Driving Licence (Paper document)¹
• Current UK / EU Photocard Driving Licence¹ with Counterpart
• House or motor insurance certificate (12)
• Current State Pension notification letter¹
• Current Benefits Agency letter¹
• Bank / Building Society / Statement (3)
• Solicitor letter confirming completion of house purchase³
• Credit Card Statements from main provider (3) ⁴
• HMRC Tax notification documentation (this does not include P60’s) (12)
• Account, investment or insurance documents (6)⁶
• Letter from Council Confirming Electoral Roll Listing (3) 

The Document will need to be dates within the last 60 days to be valid proof off address .

It is never usually required that a conveyancer will ask you for original documents ,  but they will need to be certified .

Getting Documents Certified  

• Post Office;
• Bank official;
• Solicitor;
• Notary,
• or official from an overseas British Consulate.
• Someone regulated by an Authority like the FCA.

You must ensure that all documents are clearly certified in Black & White (colour copies are not acceptable); this must include the certification wording, an official stamp (which includes company name), a printed name, job title, qualifications, and be dated and signed. The correct form of words for certifying documents is:
“I certify that this is a true copy of the original document which I have seen and I certify that this is a true likeness to the person whom I have seen.”