Acceptable Identification

– a Home Office travel document (convention travel document, stateless person’s document, one-way document or certificate of travel)
– a birth or adoption certificate
– an older person’s bus pass
– an education certificate from a regulated and recognised educational institution (such as an NVQ, SQA, GCSE, A level or degree certificate)
– a rental or purchase agreement for a residential property
– a proof of age card recognised under the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS)
– a Freedom Pass
– a marriage or civil partnership certificate
– a gas or electric account
– a firearm certificate
– a ‘high’ or‘substantial’ electronic identity’ from a notified eIDAS scheme
– passports that meet the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) specifications for machine-readable travel documents, such as a South African passport
– identity cards from an EU or European Economic Area (EEA) country that follow the Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 standards
– UK photocard driving licences
– EU or EEA driving licences that follow the European Directive 2006/126/EC
– a Northern Ireland electoral identity card
– a US passport card
– a bank, building society or credit union current account (which the claimed identity can show by giving you a bank card)
– a student loan account
– a credit account
– a mortgage account (including buy to let mortgage accounts)
– a digital tachograph driver smart card
– an armed forces identity card
– a proof of age card recognised under PASS with a unique reference number
– a loan account (including hire purchase accounts)