CRB ID Checking Guidelines

Revised Identification checking process effective from 28^th May 2012

The applicant must provide a range of ID documents as part of the CRB application process.

Customers must:

• Follow the three route ID checking process as outlined in the guidance using the list of Groups 1; 2a and 2b documents.
• Check and validate the information provided by the applicant on the application form/Continuation sheet.
• Establish the true identity of the applicant through the examination of a range of documents as set out in this guidance.
• Ensure that the applicant provides details of all names by which they have been known.
• Ensure that the applicant provides details of all addresses where they have lived in the last five years.
• Ensure the application form is fully completed and the information it contains is accurate.

If there are any discrepancies in the information provided by the applicant and/or the identity documents supplied, and fraud is not suspected, please seek clarification from the applicant. Failure to do this may compromise the integrity of the CRB service and introduce risk into your recruitment or licensing arrangements.

Customers must not attempt to amend the application form without the applicant’s knowledge and agreement, as it will invalidate the declaration by the applicant and may breach data protection legislation.

Please note that:

• You must only accept valid, current and original documentation.
• You must not accept photocopies.
• You must not accept documentation printed from the internet e.g. internet bank statements.
• Identity information for the applicant’s name, date of birth and address recorded in Section A and Section B on the CRB application form must be validated.
• You should in the first instance, seek documents with photographic identity (e.g. passport, new style driving licence, etc.) and for this to be compared against the applicant’s likeness.
• All documents must be in the applicant’s current name as recorded in Section A (see below for guidance on recent changes of name).
• One document must confirm the applicant’s date of birth as recorded in Section A.
• You must ensure that the applicant declares all previous change of name, and provides documentary proof to support the change of name.
• You must see at least one document to confirm the applicant’s current address as recorded in Section B, which is no older than three months.
• You must provide a full and continuous address history covering the last five years. Where possible you should seek documentation to confirm this address history.
• You should cross-match the applicant’s address history with any other information you have been provided with as part of the recruitment, such as their CV. This can highlight if an address has not been given e.g. if the applicant’s CV shows that they have worked in Liverpool in the last five years but the application form only shows London addresses, you may wish to question the applicant further about this.
• A document from each of the groups should be included only once in the document count e.g. do not accept two bank statements as two of the required documents, if they are from the same bank.
• You should not accept the foreign equivalent of an identity document if that document is listed as ‘(UK)’ on the list of valid identity documents.