Is there a way round "photo ID" requirement in conveyancing?

davemorton

Although she would never use it, a first provisional driving licence is a lot cheaper than a passport. (I dont know if age would stop her applying for one though)

user1977

davemorton said:

Although she would never use it, a first provisional driving licence is a lot cheaper than a passport. (I dont know if age would stop her applying for one though)

Her being partially blind would (it's not sufficient to promise not to actually get behind a wheel!).

jonnydeppiwish!

ka7e said:

It seems the only solution is to change conveyancers. I am helping my Mum to sell her home and both the big local firms take a combination of personal paperwork if no photo ID is available. They provided a list of about 10 different pieces of suitable paperwork and she had to provide 3.

Apply for a driving licence or a passport would be quicker and cheaper.

Flugelhorn

jonnydeppiwish! said:

ka7e said:

It seems the only solution is to change conveyancers. I am helping my Mum to sell her home and both the big local firms take a combination of personal paperwork if no photo ID is available. They provided a list of about 10 different pieces of suitable paperwork and she had to provide 3.

Apply for a driving licence or a passport would be quicker and cheaper.

as mentioned above she is partially sighted and the medical questions for the driving licence would probably cause even more delays 

p00hsticks

user1977 said:

What's the current turnaround time for a passport renewal? Might be simplest just to bite the bullet rather than ask around other firms and then have to start from scratch with whatever else has already been done.

The OP says they haven't been abroad in over 30 years. If the old passport expired more than ten years ago it'd be treated as a first time application, which is far less straightfoward than a renewal. It requires an interview with someone from the Passport Office ( they switched from face-to-face to doing it over Skype during thr pandemic, I'm not sure if this still applies) and finding a suitable person to vouch for the applicant.

jusferbrowsing

Would a UK Citizen ID card be acceptable? Mainly used for under 18s but according to their website is acceptable on UK internal flights in place of a passport. 

kingstreet

danthemoneysavingman said:

kingstreet said:

Have you asked the conveyancer for its list of acceptable ID/POR items?

If so, are there no non-photo alternatives?

Of course (my first port of call wouldn't be a bunch of random internetters). And no, they say.

I'm asking here as I have exhausted all avenues with the conveyancers, and they will not budge on this point.

They appear to have never come across such before. And i have not found anyone else who has overcome this, hence asking.

They have rejected the bus pass, blue badge, doctor's confirmation, local "person of good standing". A local solicitor cant vouch as they "don't know her".

This also is why I ask if anyone is aware of solicitors who are less inflexible as my wife is tearing her hair out on this.

Hope this helps clarify.

The question I asked was genuine and as much for future readers, as for you.

In the circumstances you describe there is really no alternative but to canvass different solicitors/conveyancers to establish their requirements and how/if they can be met in the circumstances you describe. This conveyancer's attitude differs when, for example, compared with a mortgage lender where perhaps four items from List B (non-photo) can be used as an alternative.

GDB2222

Flugelhorn said:

Mammoth document here - suspect a local solicitor might be able to help out using other bits of evidence https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evidence-of-identity-conveyancers/practice-guide-67-evidence-of-identity-conveyancers

The trouble is that that is the Land Registry guidance. There’s also the guidance from the conveyancing firm’s regulator. Plus, internal rules.

I suggest to the OP that he makes a formal complaint to the conveyancing firm, so that this gets looked at by someone who perhaps has better knowledge of the rules and a bit more leeway.

Drawingaline

Passports are taking an age atm. My daughter's took nearly 8 weeks, and hers was straightforward.

Tiglet2

If you have no photo ID, a copy of the original Birth Certificate or National Insurance Card will be usually be accepted provided it is accompanied by a passport sized photo that is countersigned on the back by someone who can confirm the identity.