Uploading proof of your identity for a basic check

Completing a basic check application

Your application for a basic check cannot be submitted until you upload the correct identity documentation. 

Acceptable forms of identification

You must upload three forms of ID to AccessNI. One document from Group 1 and two documents from Group 1, Group 2a or Group 2b. One document must show your current address.  

If you can't provide a document from Group 1, you must send four documents from Groups 2a and 2b.  One document must confirm your date of birth.  One document must show your current home address.

If you can't provide these documents, contact AccessNI:

• telephone 0300 200 7888

You might need:

• to get an external validation check from a commercial organisation
• to go to a police station to have your fingerprints taken

Group 1 identity documents

• current passport (any nationality)
• Biometric Residence Permit (UK)
• current driving licence photocard (full or provisional) (UK, Isle of Man, Channel Islands or Ireland)
• birth certificate issued within 12 months of birth (UK, Isle of Man or Channel Islands)
• original long form Irish birth certificate issued at time of registration of birth (Ireland)
• adoption certificate (UK, Channel Islands or Ireland)

Group 2a identity documents

• birth certificate (UK, ROI, Isle of Man or Channel Islands) issued after time of birth

• marriage/civil partnership certificate (UK, Channel Islands or Ireland)

• HM Forces ID card (UK)

• firearms licence (UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man)

• current driving licence photocard (full or provisional) (all countries outside the UK excluding the Isle of Man and Channel Islands)

• current driving licence, full or provisional paper version if issued before 1998 (UK, Isle of Man and Channel Islands)

• electoral ID card (NI only)

• Immigration document, visa or work permit (UK)

Group 2b documents

From the list below, you must use documents issued in the last 12 months:

• mortgage statement (UK or Ireland)

• financial statement, for example ISA, pension or endowment (UK or Ireland)

• P45 or P60 statement (UK, Channel Islands)

• Land & Property Services rates demand (Northern Ireland only)

• council tax statement (UK and Channel Islands)

From the list below, you must use documents issued in the last three months:

• credit card statement (UK, Channel Islands or Ireland)

• bank or building society statement (UK, Channel Islands or Ireland)

• bank or building society statement (Countries outside the UK) – the branch must be in the country where you live and work

• central or local government, government agency, or local council document giving entitlement, for example from the Department for Work and Pensions, The Employment Service, HMRC (UK, Channel Islands)
• bank or building society account opening confirmation letter (UK or Ireland)

• utility bill but not a mobile telephone bill (UK or Ireland)

• benefit statement such as child benefit, pensions (UK)

Documents on the list below must be valid when you apply for the check:

• EEA National ID card
• any Smartpass issued by Translink (NI)
• yLink card issued by Translink (NI)
• cards carrying the PASS accreditation logo (UK, Isle of Man, Channel Islands)
• letter from head teacher or further education college principal (UK for 16 to 19-year-olds in full time education, this is used if other documents cannot be provided)
• letter of sponsorship from future employment provider or voluntary organisation (valid only for applicants residing outside UK and Ireland at time of application

• Irish Passport Card (cannot be used with an Irish passport)

More useful links

• Information disclosed in a criminal record check
• Disputing an AccessNI certificate
• Criminal record checks for working abroad