Verify identity

Last updated 18 August 2025

You're required to verify your identity while completing your registration form. You can either:

● use digital identity verification

● upload certified copies of the original documents.

Digital identity verification

We have integrated our systems for due diligence checks with CREDAS, a UK-based ID verification company that digitally certifies your proof of ID and address in less than 5 minutes, at no additional cost.

Upload certified copies of the original documents

In certain countries where digital identity verification services are unavailable, you must upload certified copies of the original documents.

Individuals

If you need to upload certified identity documents, please ensure they are a type set out in Schedule 1 of the BidCarbon Unit and Certificate Registry Specifications:

Category A documents

● Birth certificate (not extract)

● Citizenship certificate

● Passport 

● Visa (foreign passport)

Category B documents

● A driver’s licence or a learner’s permit, issued under a law of a State or Territory

● A Medicare card

● A notice issued within the previous 3 months to the individual by a local government body or utilities provider

● A firearms licence issued in accordance with the legislation of a State or Territory

● A secondary school or tertiary education student identification card that:

● includes a photograph of the individual; and

● was issued by an education authority that has been accredited by the Country, a State or a Territory government.

If your current name is different to the name on your identity documents, you must provide evidence. This must be provided along with the above 3 identity documents. It can include a:

● deed poll

● certified copy of a government issued marriage certificate

● certificate issued by a government authority that recognises the change of name.

Every document must be certified by a professional. This can be done inside or outside of United Kingdom.

Certifiers must be person identified in Part 2 of Schedule 3 of the BidCarbon (Carbon Farming) Specifications.

Foreign persons must upload certified copies from Schedule 2 of the BidCarbon Unit and Certificate Registry Specifications:

Category A documents

● Passport or similar document issued for the purpose of international travel

● Birth certificate issued by a foreign government, the United Nations or an agency of the United Nations

● National identity card issued for the purpose of identification

Category B documents

● Document issued by a foreign government that identifies the individual

● Marriage certificate issued by a foreign government

● Driver’s licence issued by a foreign government for the purpose of driving a vehicle

Foreign persons are required to supply a certified insolvency check and police report sourced from their country’s national police force.

if a person who is required to provide a document under the BidCarbon Unit and Certificate Registry Specifications is not in the United Kingdom at the time the document must be provided—a copy of a document that has been certified as a true copy by:

● an the United Kingdom embassy, the United Kingdom High Commission or United Kingdom consulate (other than a consulate headed by an honorary consul); or

● a competent authority under the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents done at The Hague on 5 October 1961.

an Apostille Certificate can be obtained from a Hague Apostille Convention Competent Authority.

If the original document is in a language other than English, a written translation must be provided. This must be certified as a true and correct copy by an authorised translation service such as:

● an English translation that has been prepared and certified as a true copy of the original document by a translation service accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters Ltd (NAATI).

Your organisation can streamline their identity verification process by supplying their Company Registration Number (CRN) or Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

If an CRN or CRN isn’t supplied, then your organisation must verify their identity by uploading certified copies.

Depending on your type of organisation, you may need to provide:

● certificate of incorporation

● documentary evidence of organisation existence (for example, an annual report or the entity’s constitution)

● documentary evidence if the entity is a local governing body

● trust deed and its certificate of registration (if applicable)

● any variations to the trust deed.

If an entity is a body corporate that does not have an CRN, you will also need to provide identity evidence of the executive officers. The number of executive officers required to provide their identity documents depends on the entity type:

● If the body corporate is a private company, incorporated association or registered co‑operative (whether or not a foreign entity), provide identity evidence of the executive officer. If the entity has more than one executive officer, provide identity evidence of 2 executive officers.

● If the body corporate is a foreign company that is a public company, provide identity evidence of an executive officer of the entity who is not the same person the entity nominates to be an authorised representative.

The required identity document for executive officers is specified in Schedule 1 (domestic) and Schedule 2 (foreign) of the BidCarbon Unit and Certificate Registry Specifications.

Organisations