Guidance

Send HMRC evidence of your personal details

If you've been sent a letter or asked by HMRC, use this form to send evidence of your personal details.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
23 September 2024

Use this form if you’ve been sent a letter or asked by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to send evidence of your personal details.

If your personal details have changed, tell HMRC.

Before you start

You’ll need to upload an image or PDF of your evidence.

The evidence must show your date of birth.

The evidence must be the original document, or a certified copy of the original document. A certified copy is a true copy of an original document that is stamped with a date and signed by any of the following:

  • an employee of a government department

  • a legal organisation, for example, solicitors or accountants

  • a medical body, for example, a doctor’s surgery

Outside of the UK, you can get a certified copy from:

  • mayor’s office

  • British consulate

Types of evidence to send

You can send evidence of one of the following if you’re a British citizen, EU citizen, or a citizen of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland:

  • birth certificate
  • full or provisional driving licence
  • identity card
  • passport

If you do not have any of these, you may be able to use 2 documents together to send as evidence. You can use any 2 of the following if you have them:

  • other passport
  • other birth certificate
  • certificate of naturalisation
  • Home Office travel document
  • certificate of baptism
  • certificate of service in His Majesty’s Forces
  • certificate of service in the Merchant Navy
  • marriage certificate
  • certificate of a civil partnership
  • adoption certificate
  • life assurance policy
  • medical card
  • statement of Royal Mail pension plan

If you do not have any of these, we may consider other types of evidence.

Apply online

You’ll need to either:

  • sign in with your Government Gateway user ID and password, if you do not have a user ID, you can create one when you first try to sign in

  • use your email address to get a confirmation code that you can use to sign in

Start now

Email HMRC to ask for the form in Welsh.

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Published 23 September 2024

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