Liz wrote: > That is absolutely ridiculous. My passport is my best ID as it has my > photograph on it as well as my address. I don't have any bills - all my > bills are now Paperless Bills and I do not print them out. I could have > anyone's debit or credit card...who's to know it's mine, it doesn't have my > address on it. How about my driving licence? You can't get a bank account > without a passport these days, what is the world coming to. It was a lot > easier in gran's days!!! Your driving licence is OK. I'd be stuffed if I needed a passport to open a bank account. I don't have one, nor a driving licence. It definitely was easier back when. For a start people trusted one another. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/