UK required documents
This page outlines the documents required for stakeholders, applicants, and various business types to onboard a corporate customer registered in the United Kingdom.
Business details
The following table lists the required document types for both verification types for all business entity types.
businessType | MANUAL_KYB | E_KYB |
|---|---|---|
ASSOCIATION | ASSOCIATION_DEED | - |
GOVERNMENT_ENTITY | BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC | - |
LIMITED_LIABILITY_PARTNERSHIP | PARTNERSHIP_DEED | PARTNERSHIP_DEED |
PRIVATE_COMPANY | BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC | - |
PUBLIC_COMPANY | BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC | - |
SOLE_TRADER | BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC | - |
TRUST | TRUST_DEED | TRUST_DEED |
UNINCORP_PARTNERSHIP | PARTNERSHIP_DEED | PARTNERSHIP_DEED |
For a complete list of business document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.
Stakeholder
Individual stakeholders must submit the following information to complete the MANUAL_KYC process.
| Field name | Passport | National ID | Drivers license |
|---|---|---|---|
documentType | PASSPORT | NATIONAL_ID | DRIVERS_LICENCE |
documentNumber | Yes (Passport number) | Yes | Yes |
documentIssuanceCountry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
documentExpiryDate | Yes | No | Yes |
document.fileName | Yes | Yes | Yes |
document.fileType | Yes | Yes | Yes |
document.document | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Applicant
The following table lists the required documents submitted either electronically or manually.
| API documents | Onfido documents |
|---|---|
NATIONAL_ID)PASSPORT)DRIVERS_LICENCE) | Live Selfie with Passport, National ID, or Drivers license submitted in the form presented by Onfido (eDoc verification vendor) |
The following table lists the fields required for each document type to complete the E_DOC_VERIFY process.
IMPORTANT
A power of attorney (certified with Apostille) is required only when the applicant's
positionisn'tDIRECTOR.
| Field name | Passport | National ID | Drivers licence | Power of attorney |
|---|---|---|---|---|
documentType | PASSPORT | NATIONAL_ID | DRIVERS_LICENCE | POWER_OF_ATTORNEY |
documentNumber | Yes (Passport number) | Yes | Yes | No |
documentIssuanceCountry | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
documentExpiryDate | Yes | No | Yes | No |
document.fileName | No | No | No | Yes |
document.fileType | No | No | No | Yes |
document.document | No | No | No | Yes |
For a complete list of personal document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.
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