GOV.UK Verify Scheme Allows Secure Access to Government Services

GOV.UK Verify uses trusted third parties to independently confirm your identity, and provides safer and simpler access to a range of government services like viewing a driving licence or making a Universal Credit claim. 

To register using GOV.UK Verify, the user will need a range of documents to hand to help them prove their identity - for instance, a passport or driving licence, and another piece of evidence like a bank card or phone contract. This information is never shared with Government.

A new video is now available which may be useful for new claimants of Universal Credit as well as to people offering advice. You can find out more about Verify and the services that use it by reading the GOV.UK Verify guidance.

You can only use GOV.UK Verify when you need to access one of the following services.

• Check your Income Tax for the current year, with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
• Get a State Pension statement, with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
• Sign in to your personal tax account (HMRC)
• View or share your driving licence information, with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
• Apply for Universal Credit (DWP)
• Claim for redundancy and monies owed, with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
• Sign in and file your Self Assessment tax return (HMRC)
• Update your rural payments details, with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
• Help friends or family with their tax (HMRC)
• Check or update your company car tax (HMRC)

More services are joining GOV.UK Verify all the time.

See the Video Below.