Proving residence

[dannyjoseph]

Does anyone know how to prove that one resided in the UK for a particular period, excluding by means of passport stamps?

[jackie0]

Bills for the period (electricity, gas, credit card, bank statments etc), proof of address, did you have a full or provisional driver's liecense (that would help too).

[brachiopod]

....Pay slips (being paid for a job of work within the UK), bank statements (eg that show you using cash points continuously in the UK)

[brachiopod]

oops, sorry jackieO, you alraedy mentioned bank statements.

[stevie21]

I'd say that the most reliable source of this information is via the council tax office. I'm not trying to claim that the council tax office is reliable - far from it - just that if you get the information from there, I'd view it as more trustworthy.

I could easily be added onto someone's utility bill without actually living at that address. Also if I ask my bank for copies of statements from 1995, they'll show only my current address where they're posted to rather than where I lived back then.