SIA training course

What documents do I need to bring on the first day of my SIA training course?

During the application process, you need to show documents to prove your identity.

GSTNI suggest that you check you have the right identity documents before you start your application.

You will need one passport size photograph

Two identity documents from group A listed below. At least one document must show your current address and at least one document must show your date of birth.

OR

One identity document from group A and two documents from group B listed below. At least one document must show your current address and at least one document must show your date of birth.

Group A

UK passport

Driving licence photocard if it was issued by the DVLA in Great Britain. We will not accept the photocard on its own as a ‘group A’ if it was issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland (although it can be used a ‘group B’).

UK biometric residence permit card.

UK original birth certificate issued within 12 months of birth.

UK adoption papers. 

Driving licence photocard and its paper counterpart issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland.

Signed valid passport of any other nationality.

Group B

Valid UK firearms licence with photo.

P60 annual statement of income for tax purposes issued in the last 12 months.

Mortgage statement issued in the last 12 months.

Bank or building society statement issued to your current address, less than three months old. You can use more than one statement as long as each is issued by a different bank or building society.

P45 statement of income for tax purposes on leaving a job issued in the last 12 months.  

Current UK driving licence – paper version (not the paper counterpart to a photocard).

A credit card statement sent to your current address within the last three months. You can submit more than one statement as long as each is issued by a different issuer.

Council Tax statement issued in the last 12 months.

Letter from H.M. Revenue & Customs, Department of Work and Pensions, employment service, or local authority issued within the last three months. You can submit more than one letter as long as each is issued by a different Government department or a different local authority.

Pension, endowment or ISA statement issued in last 12 months.

Utility bill (gas, electric, telephone, water, satellite, cable) issued to your current address within the last three months. You can only submit one utility bill in support of your application.

Identification documents

Valid EU photo ID card.

UK birth certificate issued more than 12 months after date of birth, but not a photocopy.

UK adoption certificate.  .

Non-UK birth certificate, with translation if not in English.

Marriage certificate or Civil Partnership certificate, with translation if not in English. 

Driving licence photocard (without a paper counterpart) issued by the DVA in Northern Ireland.