Proofs we will need to see for you and your partner
Proof of identity
Please provide any of these documents:
- Birth certificate
- Marriage certificate
- Passport
- Medical card
- Driving licence
- UK residence permit
- EEA (European Economic Area) identity card
- Recently paid gas or electricity bill
Proof of National Insurance number
Please provide either:
- Your National Insurance card
- Payslips or letters from the Department of Work and Pensions or the tax office
Proof of earnings
If you are already in work, please provide:
- Your last five pay slips, if you are paid every week
- Your last three pay slips, if you are paid every two weeks
- Your last two pay slips, if you are paid every four weeks or every month
If you have recently started work and not yet been paid, please provide your contract of employment.
If you don't have any of these documents, you can ask your employer to complete an earnings certificate.
Download an earnings certificate
Self-employed earnings
Please provide either:
- Your last 12 months' accounts
- A summary of trading accounts if you have been trading for six months or less
- A completed self-employment certificate
Download a self-employment certificate
Proof of savings and investments
Please provide either:
- Bank statements
- Building society statements or book
These should show full details of all transactions for at least the last two months.
Please also provide suitable proof of any other other savings and investments, for example:
- Cash amounts
- Land and property
- Stocks and shares
- National Savings Accounts and certificates
- Premium Bonds
- Income bonds
- Savings held jointly with other people
Proof of other income
You must also provide suitable proof of any other income that you have.
This should ideally show:
- The amount that is paid
- Any deductions applied to the payment
- How often the payment is received
Proof of rent
Please provide either:
- Your tenancy agreement
- Your rent book
- A letter from your landlord
This must confirm:
- Your landlord's name
- Your rent amount
- How often your rent is due
- Any service charges included in your rent
Proof of childcare costs
If you pay a registered childminder to look after any of your children, we may be able to allow for this when working out your weekly income.
Please provide suitable proof that shows:
- How much you pay
- The period these payments are for and the number of hours of childcare provided
- Which child is looked after
- Your childcare provider's registration number
- Your childcare provider's name and address
If you don't have suitable proof, you can ask your childcare provider to complete a childcare costs certificate.
Download a childcare costs certificate
Proof of child maintenance
Please provide either:
- A letter from the Child Support Agency
- Bank statements showing the payments received
- A signed statement from the person making the payments
This must confirm:
- Who the money is paid to
- How much is paid
- How often it is paid
- Which child the payment is for