Evidence of identity

Evidence of your identity can be any of the following:

• Birth, marriage or civil partnership certificate; or divorce, annulment, separation or ending of a civil partnership papers in your current name. If your name has changed because of marriage or civil partnership, provide your marriage or civil partnership certificate as well.

• Passport (current and valid) or Biometric Residence Permit.

• Medical card or television licence in your name.

• Gas, electricity, water or phone bill (but not a mobile phone bill), in your name, received within the last three months.

• Current full or provisional driving licence (photocard or paper).

• Cheque card, credit card, debit card or cash card.

• Bank or building society statement (not older than four weeks) or passbook.

• Certificate of employment in HM Forces or Merchant Navy.

• B79 form for notice that you have been released from prison.

• Letter from a solicitor, social worker, probation officer, doctor or HM Revenue and Customs.

• Letter from the Home Office about immigration status.

• Residence permit, Police Registration Certificate, Immigration and Nationality Directorate travel document, standard acknowledgement letter (SAL1 or 2) or Application Registration Card (ARC).

• Home detention curfew licence.

Note: This list is not exhaustive.

We need one document for you and one for your partner, if you have a partner. You can also use any of the documents listed on our Evidence of your National Insurance number page to confirm your identity, as long as it's a different document from the one you use to confirm your National Insurance number.