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Letter confirming that someone lives at your address (UK)
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales · in English
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For a homeowner, tenant or landlord asked to confirm in writing that a person — a partner, grown-up child, relative or lodger — lives at the address, often for a bank account, a phone contract, a school or a GP registration. The UK has no residence certificate, so organisations ask for bills or statements, and some accept a letter like this; ask them first what they accept. The letter states since when the person has lived there and gives your contact details.
- Made for use in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Last updated October 29, 2026
- Document in English
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When to use this document
- Your grown-up child lives with you in England and their bank wants proof of address.
- Your lodger in Northern Ireland has no bills in their own name and has asked you for a letter.
- Your partner has moved in with you in Scotland or Wales and needs to show where they live.
- You want to confirm in writing that someone lives at your property in the UK.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Sender
- Sender's address
- Town or city
- Sender's postcode
- Phone
- Date
- Person who lives at the address
- Your connection with the property
- Address of the property
- Living there since
- How they live there (e.g. as my lodger, as my son; blank to leave out)
Common questions
- Will a bank accept a letter from the person I live with as proof of address?
- Each bank decides, and its list of accepted documents is on its website or in the branch. Often it is a utility bill, a council tax bill in Great Britain or a rates bill in Northern Ireland, or a tenancy agreement in your own name. Ask whether it takes a letter from the householder with your photo ID before you rely on this one; if it does, offer this letter where your name is on no bill. Being on the electoral register also helps credit checks.
- Can a landlord write this letter for a tenant or lodger?
- Yes: choose ‘the landlord of’ the property and give the tenant’s or lodger’s name and the date they moved in. For a tenant, the tenancy agreement or the landlord’s written statement of terms is often accepted on its own, so offer that first. Write only what you know to be true; a letter that overstates how long someone has lived there can cause them trouble with the organisation and with credit checks.
- Is there an official certificate of residence in the UK instead?
- No. There is no address register to join and no residence certificate, so nobody issues one for an address. People prove where they live with a council tax bill in Great Britain or a rates bill in Northern Ireland (where a landlord often pays the rates), a utility bill, a bank statement, a tenancy agreement or the electoral register, and a letter like this fills the gap when nothing is in their name yet. HMRC’s certificate of residence is different: it confirms UK tax residence for a tax authority abroad.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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