Getting to know you…
Here’s a breakdown of what we might need from you at times to aid us with identification….
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
If you fail to keep up with payments on your mortgage a ‘Receiver of Rent’ may be appointed and your rental property, or other property used as security, may be repossessed.
As part of our customer verification process, all new customers are required to provide two forms of identification.
We will also carry out an electronic identification check through a Credit Reference Agency, which compares your details against a number of trusted databases. This is not a credit search and will only record that an identity check has been completed.
If you are an existing customer and we are unable to verify your identity and address through the electronic identification check, we will require documentary proof of identity and address.
Details of acceptable Identification Documents are detailed in the Requirements for Additional Identification tab below.
Where an existing customer’s identity and address cannot be verified through the electronic identification check, documentary evidence will be required. In these circumstances, we will need to see one document from each of the lists below:
| TO CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY | TO CONFIRM YOUR ADDRESS |
| Valid FULL UK driving licence (old style, paper version)*** | Council Tax – Demand letter or statement* |
| Valid UK photo-card driving licence, (Full or Provisional)*** | Current bank statement ** (but not one printed from the internet) |
| Valid passport | Current credit/Debit card statement** (but not one printed from the internet) |
| Valid EU state ID card | Educational grant/other grant* |
| Firearms certificate or shotgun licence | Housing benefit notification* |
| HMRC Notice of Coding* | Mortgage statement* |
| Identity card issued by Electoral Office for Northern Ireland | Valid FULL UK driving licence (old style, paper version)*** |
| State Pension letter* | Valid UK photo-card driving licence, (Full or Provisional)*** |
| Utility bill* |
* These documents must be dated in the past 12 months
** These documents must be dated in the past 3 months
*** This document can be used to verify either a person’s name or address, but not both
If you are unable to provide original documents, either because the account has been opened digitally or by post, certified copies are acceptable. The copy must be signed against the wording ‘certified to be a true copy of the original document’, by one of the following:
- Solicitor
- Accountant
- Bank/Building Society Official
- Independent Financial Advisor
- Post Office
- Doctor
- Dentist
- Police Officer
- Teacher
When children open a savings account, they are also required to provide proof of identity and address.
We are unable to carry out electronic identification for children and therefore one document from each list detailed below must be provided to verify a child’s identity.
| To confirm your identity | To confirm your address |
| Birth certificate | Letter from local education authority confirming name and address* |
| Valid passport in child’s name | Parent’s address verification (if same as child’s) |
| Current NHS medical card* | Current NHS medical card* |
| Letter from local education authority confirming name and address ** |
* This document can be used to verify either a person’s name or address, but not both.
** These documents must be dated in the past 3 months
There may be instances where you are unable to provide proof of identity and address from list 1 and list 2.
In these circumstances, please contact your local branch or our Member Services Team on 01582 765411 as there may be other forms of identification we can accept.
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