XPost: free.virginmedia.discussion.general 
 From: rantomatic@nospam.postalias 
  
 "Indy Jess John"  wrote in message 
 news:EU4pF.1083425$WI2.834472@fx34.am4... 
 > On 14/10/2019 10:57, pete@never.here wrote: 
 > 
 >> One of the problems with today's "paperless" society. 
 > 
 > Not just paperless.  Because some paperless facilities do allow a copy to 
 > be printed at home, there is at least scope for producing a hard copy of 
 > paperless information. 
 > 
 > I know of a married woman who has never held a passport or driving 
 > licence, and whose main bank account is a joint account and therefore all 
 > the bank statements are in the husband's name.  Likewise Council Tax 
 > bills, Water Rates, electricity bills and pretty well everything official 
 > were addressed to the husband.  In fact everything that she had the option 
 > to produce as proof of identity either didn't exist or didn't have her 
 > name on it. 
 > 
 > However, you can't have a joint account ISA, so there was a real problem 
 > in creating one in the wife's name.  And unfortunately whoever set the 
 > "proof of identity" rules didn't imagine anybody could be outside their 
 > view of a typical person. 
 > 
 > Luckily the person asking for proof wasn't a jobsworth, and eventually 
 > accepted that a repeat prescription request form was in her name and 
 > showed her address, and her credit card said MRS with the surname the same 
 > as her husband's on a credit card statement to the same address. 
 > 
 > Jim 
 > 
 > 
  
 A male employee that I used to have lived as a lodger - so no utility bills 
 or Council tax bill - didn't drive and had no passport (and had never 
 bothered registering with a GP since leaving uni in the 1980s). Luckily did 
 have bank account that allowed statements to be printed. Lots of people must 
 be in a similar position, living in shared houses and not driving (remember 
 that epileptics, for example, are not allowed to drive). So unless you 
 already had a bank account before these rules were introduced, it must be 
 pretty much impossible to get one. 
  
 K 
  
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