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Proving your identity with GOV.UK One Login​

You’ll need to prove your identity with GOV.UK One Login to use some services. When you do this, your identity information is automatically saved to your GOV.UK One Login.

This means you will not need to prove your identity again next time a service needs to check who you are.

There are 3 ways to prove your identity with GOV.UK One Login:

  • with the GOV.UK One Login app
  • by answering security questions online
  • at a Post Office
The method you use will depend on your device, if you have photo ID, and what type of photo ID it is.

With the GOV.UK One Login app​

You’ll need one of the following types of photo ID:

  • UK photocard driving licence
  • UK passport
  • non-UK passport with a biometric chip
  • UK biometric residence permit (BRP)
  • UK biometric residence card (BRC)
  • UK Frontier Worker permit (FWP)
You can use an expired BRP, BRC or FWP up to 18 months after its expiry date.
You’ll also need access to a phone with a working camera.

If you’re using an iPhone, it must be running iOS 15 or higher and be either:

  • an iPhone 6s or newer if your photo ID is a UK driving licence
  • an iPhone 7 or newer if you’re using any other type of photo ID
For an Android phone (for example, Samsung or Google Pixel), it must be running Android 10 or higher.

You’ll get guidance on how to download and use the app.

By answering security questions online​

You’ll have to answer some security questions about things like your mobile phone contract, and any bank accounts, credit cards, loans or mortgages you may have.

You also need to enter details from one of the following:

  • UK passport
  • UK photocard driving licence
  • a current account with a UK bank or building society

At a Post Office​

You’ll be asked to:

You’ll get an email about the result of your identity check - usually within a day of going to the Post Office.

You need one of the following types of photo ID:

  • UK passport
  • non-UK passport
  • UK photocard driving licence
  • European Union (EU) photocard driving licence
  • national identity photocard from an EU country, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein
 
A non uk passport is an option so I guess that they will be ok.

I created a gov.uk login to renew my driving license. The app you download reads the passport biometric data and compares it to a picture of yourself that you take with the camera. It was quite impressive.
 
Sjp1960 said:
A non uk passport is an option so I guess that they will be ok.

I created a gov.uk login to renew my driving license. The app you download reads the passport biometric data and compares it to a picture of yourself that you take with the camera. It was quite impressive.
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I suspect the Government Digital Service have a hand in it, as I recall they worked up a similar sounding, and very efficient system during Covid. It's had it's ups and downs, interesting to see what the Guardian had to say about the GDS:

"......Even in its pomp, GDS was not universally loved; senior civil servants described the kids in jeans as an “insurgency”. But the real problem was the challenge it presented to the sovereign power of Whitehall departments. Changing government was not on their agenda, nor in their interests....."

Will sound very familiar to watchers of Yes Minister. I think most of the half arsed digital systems will have their origins in Government department the ones that work the GDS.

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Little Tern said:
With the benefit of hindsight, I believe that the expectation is that he should have prepared a passage plan for St PP to Cherbourg. This would have covered contingencies if he missed the tide at Alderney. If one of his planned options was to divert to Poole,
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That's fair point, equally I could have diverted to Alderney, but the weather was good so plowing on was an attractive option.
On return I could have phoned in or posted a C1331, it's just the sPCR that causes a hiccup.
 
My recently sold boat was 'delivered' from Southern Brittany to the West coast of Scotland by some friends and the new owner, they sailed from Brest to the Scillies and when they arrived, being uncertain as to what to do as the 'owner' wasn't onboard I called Border force on their behalf, spoke to a helpful guy and subsequently emailed a c1331, with their details, neither I nor the crew heard any more, after 24 hours in St Marys they set sail for Milford Haven and onward to Largs without issue
 
st599 said:
Isn't the point they didn't need a right to remain when they entered - then that changed in the 70s, and there was no way to retrospectively apply.
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However, when it suits, the UK Government seem to be able to retrospectively apply rules/regs?
Eg pension ages, and the soon to be arriving changes to inheritance tax?
My grandfather was both a Russian Convoys and British nuclear veteran. Both finally, and retrospectively, recognised to some small extent.
 
Lightwave395 said:
My recently sold boat was 'delivered' from Southern Brittany to the West coast of Scotland by some friends and the new owner, they sailed from Brest to the Scillies and when they arrived, being uncertain as to what to do as the 'owner' wasn't onboard I called Border force on their behalf, spoke to a helpful guy and subsequently emailed a c1331, with their details, neither I nor the crew heard any more, after 24 hours in St Marys they set sail for Milford Haven and onward to Largs without issue
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That is perhaps surprising, as in that case wasn’t there potentially a VAT issue if purchased in France and reimported by a different owner?
 
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