What types of Photo ID can we accept?

• Current signed passport
• Residence permit issued by the Home Office
• EU or Swiss national identity photo-card
• Valid UK photo-card driving licence
• Valid armed or police forces photographic identity card
• Photographic disabled blue badge
• Citizen card
• Valid student ID with photograph

Your submitted ID MUST meet these requirements:

• The image on your ID must be clear and any written information must be visible and easy to read
• Your face must be recognisable
• All four corners of your ID must be visible
• Your ID must be valid

Your ID must show:

• Your name
• Your date of birth
• It should have a number

Proof of Address Checklist

We will need proof of your address to validate your identity.

• This must be an official document from the list on the gov.uk website*
• The document must be no more than three months old
• Documentation printed from the internet (internet bank statements etc) can ONLY be accepted if you do not have any paper-format alternatives
• If the submitted document is an image of the paper format, all four corners must be visible

Full list of documents we can accept:

• Mortgage statement
• Bank or building society statement*
• Bank or building society account opening confirmation letter*
• Credit card statement*
• Financial statement, for example a pension or endowment
• P45 or P60 statement
• Council Tax statement
• Letter of sponsorship from future employment provider
• Utility bill
• Benefit statement, for example Child Benefit or pension
• Letter from head teacher or college principal: ONLY for 16- to 19-year-olds in full time education, and in exceptional circumstances if other documents cannot be provided

*We only need to see your name, address and proof that the document is an official bank document.

• If providing a bank/credit card statement as proof of address, please ensure that your sort code, account number or any transactional data are not visible when you submit.
• The statement should be on the bank/building society’s headed paper and must include your name and current address, but all other personal information should be redacted.
• Any financial or transactional data that is left on the document when submitted will be redacted by Psychiatry UK on receipt of the document.