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First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
If you do not have a UK passport there are other identity documents you can use for your driving licence application
Application form ID3 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
Application form ID1 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.
This collection contains immigration staff guidance on making decisions about identity checks.
Draft identity assurance principles from the Identity Assurance Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group (PCAG) for feedback and comments.
How to detect basic forgeries in identity documents.
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
Report on how the changing ethnic composition of the UK affects the national identity.
A research paper from the FCA
Foresight report looking at how changes in the next 10 years will affect views of identity in the UK.
This project will analyse the potential influence of Muslim political representation on inter-religious violence in India
How and when to check the identity of someone who is using your service.
Report examining whether changes in national and supranational identities are based on ethnic or civic views of the nation.
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