Glossary – United Kingdom – Retail Banking and Wealth Management

Please access the IRS website and complete Form W-9 which is a request for Tax Payer Identification Number and Certification. Please ensure you select the correct form – the IRS website has a search facility which should help you as some have very similar titles.

The original form must be handed in at a branch.

Please access the IRS website and complete Form W-8BEN, which is a Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding. Please ensure you select the correct form – the IRS website has a search facility which should help you as some have very similar titles.

The original form must be handed in at a branch.

We need a form of government-issued identification, which explicitly states your citizenship/nationality in a country other than the US.

Please select any one item from the following list: 
Current passport
Current National Identity Card
Current full UK photocard driving licence (provisional licences are acceptable for under 18s only)
Current full UK driving licence (old-style paper version)
Current overseas driving licence

The original identification must be handed in at a branch.

We need an Individual Certification of Loss of Nationality. The original certificate must be handed in at a branch.

If you do not have a Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States (US), then a reasonable explanation of why this Certificate has not been obtained, or why US citizenship/nationality was not obtained at birth is required. Please click here for the form to be completed.

Please click here for a form to complete to provide a written explanation of any US address held in your account details (correspondence or residential).

We need documentary evidence that states your permanent residence address or indicates your country of residency or citizenship/nationality such as valid identification issued and authorised by a government body that is typically used for identification purposes and includes your full name.

Please select any one item from the following list:

• Current passport
• Current National Identity Card
• Travel documents issued in the UK by the Home Office (blue and red)
• Certificate of travel issued in the UK by the Home Office (black)
• Current full UK photocard driving licence (provisional licences are acceptable for under 18s only)
• Current full UK driving licence (old-style paper version)
• Disabled parking document (blue or orange)
• Recent Benefits Agency letter (Department for Works and Pensions, Jobcentre Plus, Benefits agency, Veterans Agency) confirming your right to benefits
• UK birth certificate (for under 18s only)
• National Health/Medical card (for under 18s only)
• Armed Forces identity card
• Current overseas driving licence
• Shotgun certificate issued by a UK police authority

The original identification must be handed in at a branch.