Will a bank certify a copy of my passport for free

Legacy_user

I need a certified copy of my passport to prove my identity to Cheshire BS. We don't have a Cheshire branch near to us, but if I go into Nationwide, do you think they would do this for free?

I don't wanna pay the Post Office £7 to do it.

Archi_Bald

LooieENG wrote: »

I don't wanna pay the Post Office £7 to do it.

I am sorry, but it can't be very important if it's not worth £7.Do you expect others to work for nothing?

Poppie68

You may find if banks or BS do offer this service it will only be for their own cutomers, and yes there will be a charge.

System

Archi_Bald wrote: »

I am sorry, but it can't be very important if it's not worth £7.Do you expect others to work for nothing?

Well I'd rather not pay £7 if I don't have to, and Nationwide is closer

Poppie68 wrote: »

You may find if banks or BS do offer this service it will only be for their own cutomers, and yes there will be a charge.

Maybe Halifax will do it since I've been a customer for a long time and the money will be going into my Halifax account?

Jennifer_Jane

Archi_Bald wrote: »

I am sorry, but it can't be very important if it's not worth £7.Do you expect others to work for nothing?

Money saving website, though, isn't it? Frankly, I was interested in the answer to this, and if I can save money, that's why I spend so much time on this forum.

EarthBoy

LooieENG wrote: »

Maybe Halifax will do it since I've been a customer for a long time and the money will be going into my Halifax account?

Why do you want to open an account with the Cheshire BS if the money will be going into your Halifax account?

Atidi

LooieENG wrote: »

I need a certified copy of my passport to prove my identity to Cheshire BS. We don't have a Cheshire branch near to us, but if I go into Nationwide, do you think they would do this for free?

I don't wanna pay the Post Office £7 to do it.

If you are opening this account remotely, then why not just send them a bank or credit card statement that is not more than 3 months old as identification instead?

Most professionals will charge to certify a copy document, although I did find a local building society (of which I was a regular customer) would do so for free for me in the past. The branch in now closed

Uxb

That is not personal ID
Bank/creditcard is ADDRESS verification.
For ID verification you generally (and easiest) need a certified copy of your passport.
Check the bank's website for an exact statement as to whom they will accept as a verifier. Not all will accept the post office and many require the verifier to be an authorized financial person so can sign with the FSA code number against their name.

System

Cheshire BS is just a brand name of Nationwide, so they should have no problem certifying ID for free.

Banks will now rarely certify ID for other organisations; you'll have to use someone like an IFA or Solictor if they don't accept the Post Office facility.

pichon

http://www.thecheshire.co.uk/Customer-services/About-the-Cheshire/Our-relationship-with-Nationwide/

This explains the relationship between Cheshire and Nationwide to some extent.

nidO

You could save a bit of money by going to a solicitor instead of the post office, 90% of solicitors charge £5 (cheaper than £7 so moneysaving, yay) and some of the rest will do it for free.