IB LLC is required to verify the identity and address of each applicant and, where we are unable to do so via electronic means, will instruct the applicant to submit copies of official documents as evidence (e.g., passport, driver’s license, national ID, bank statement utility statement). In most instances the applicant will need to submit two separate documents, one as proof of address and the other as proof of identity, even when a single document contains both. Individuals residing in certain countries, however, are eligible to submit a single qualifying document as proof of both their identity and address. A list of countries whose residents are eligible to submit a single qualifying document as proof of both their identity and address is listed below1.
Country Name |
United States |
American Samoa |
Anguilla |
Antarctica |
Aruba |
Bahrain |
Barbados |
Bermuda |
Bhutan |
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
Brunei Darussalam |
Chile |
China |
Cook Islands |
Curacao |
East Timor |
Faeroe Islands |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
Fiji |
French Polynesia |
Greenland |
Guam |
Israel |
Kiribati |
Malawi |
Marshall Islands |
Martinique |
Mauritius |
Mayotte |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
New Caledonia |
Norfolk Island |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Oman |
Pitcairn |
Puerto Rico |
Qatar |
Republic of Korea |
Rwanda |
Saint Barthelemy |
Saint Helena |
Saint Lucia |
Saint Martin |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Samoa |
Senegal |
Singapore |
Sint Maarten |
Solomon Islands |
South Africa |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
Swaziland |
Taiwain, ROC |
Tokelau |
Tonga |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
Tuvalu |
United States Virgin Islands |
Australia |
French Guiana |
Guadeloupe |
New Zealand |
Reunion |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
1 Note that this list is subject to change and may not yet reflect the most recent updates.