Remortgaging via a Broker - certify ID

guitarhero21

Hi all,
This is the first time I have remortgaged to another lender and I have done this via a Broker. 
The lenders solicitor (based some distance away) has been liaising with myself . 
I have just realised I have not been ID checked.  The lenders solicitor advised certified documents can be uploaded to their website and suggested bank, building society. 
I went to Barclays and they do not offer this service - are there any banks or building society's that offer this and do I have to be a client of theirs first? I am guessing I will have to go around all the local solicitors - is this normal practice?  
Any advice would be much appreciated. 
thanks. 


Certifying a document GOV UK

Copies of documents that can be certified include:

• passports
• photocard driving licences
• letters from a government department
• bank/building society or credit card statements
• gas, electricity or council tax bills
• letters from a hospital/doctor

Who can certify a document

Your document must be certified by a professional person or someone well-respected in your community (‘of good standing’). You could ask the following if they offer this service:

• bank or building society official
• councillor
• minister of religion
• dentist
• chartered accountant
• solicitor or notary
• teacher or lecturer

kingstreet

Ask your broker to help. It's what we do.

trakky14

We just sent our ID to our broker in the post, they checked it and sent back the next day. We sent our drivers licences' and emailed them copies of bank statements. We are old clients of theirs in any case so he's met us in person some years ago. 

We've previously used the post office ID check and send service too.

user1977

You need to check how they want it certified, and by whom. Despite that .gov.uk site, there are no general rules - solicitors might demand it's certified by a much more restricted list than that above. They might also want wording that they're confirming they've seen you and the mugshot matches your face.

K_S

guitarhero21 said:

Hi all,
This is the first time I have remortgaged to another lender and I have done this via a Broker. 
The lenders solicitor (based some distance away) has been liaising with myself . 
I have just realised I have not been ID checked.  The lenders solicitor advised certified documents can be uploaded to their website and suggested bank, building society. 

@guitarhero21 Most conveyancers who ask for certified docs will usually be happy with ID docs certified by the broker.

flashg67

as above, my broker certified ours