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Gifted deposit - no ID
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WickedWitch123
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Hi all, hope you can help.
My parents have kindly gifted me a small amount of money towards my deposit. However, they don't have a passport or driving licence which is required to prove identity under anti-money laundering rules.
Do you know what else can be used instead? My solicitor isn't being overly helpful.
Thank you
WW
My parents have kindly gifted me a small amount of money towards my deposit. However, they don't have a passport or driving licence which is required to prove identity under anti-money laundering rules.
Do you know what else can be used instead? My solicitor isn't being overly helpful.
Thank you
WW
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There isn't a general answer for this, it's up to your solicitor.
Can't your parents apply for ID now?0 -
It's really up to your solicitor what they'll accept. Birth certificates might be acceptable.
I recently had a similar problem with a solicitor. He said just submit copies of whatever you've got (and a note explaining why you can't provide anything else), and he'd pass it to his AML team and see what they say.
(For example, they might say that whatever you've submitted will be ok, if your parents come into the office with the originals or get certified copies.)
But other solicitors might not work like that.
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user1977 said:There isn't a general answer for this, it's up to your solicitor.
Can't your parents apply for ID now?
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WickedWitch123 said:user1977 said:There isn't a general answer for this, it's up to your solicitor.
Can't your parents apply for ID now?
ETA: They either had to show the originals in person or send in copies that were signed by someone like a solicitor. doctor or accountant to verify they were true copies.0 -
MaryNB said:WickedWitch123 said:user1977 said:There isn't a general answer for this, it's up to your solicitor.
Can't your parents apply for ID now?
ETA: They either had to show the originals in person or send in copies that were signed by someone like a solicitor. doctor or accountant to verify they were true copies.
Thanks again.
WW0 -
I have heard of bus passes being used for this - had some relatives doing an internal flight and they needed ID - they had no driving licence or passport but bus passes were accepted1
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WickedWitch123 said:MaryNB said:WickedWitch123 said:user1977 said:There isn't a general answer for this, it's up to your solicitor.
Can't your parents apply for ID now?
ETA: They either had to show the originals in person or send in copies that were signed by someone like a solicitor. doctor or accountant to verify they were true copies.
Thanks again.
WWAre they over State Pension Age then ?If so, and they get a State Pension, then the letter from DWP telling them about the annual increase (or any other letter from then about a benefit) is sometimes acceptable.The other one I've used for ID in the past is a tax coding notice from HMRC - you can phone them up and aske them to send you one in the post if they haven't sent one out automatically.0 -
Flugelhorn said:I have heard of bus passes being used for this - had some relatives doing an internal flight and they needed ID - they had no driving licence or passport but bus passes were accepted0
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Do they have a blue badge for disabilities
that might be work as it’s official and has photos on
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Hi, I appreciate this was a little while ago but I'm in the same position now with my Grandmother re. gifted deposit. She has an Older Person's Bus Pass (it says on it Concessionary Travel funded by HM Government) - would that work?0
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