> In the UK, you frequently have to provide a current tax or utility bill with your name and the address you're claiming, to show that you're the official owner

> In the UK, you frequently have to provide a current tax or utility bill with your name and the address you're claiming, to show that you're the official owner / renter of that address. This doesn't do anything to prevent fraud though - utility bills are trivial to forge and can't be validated in any way, though a lot of companies that don't deliver a physical product (wireless telecoms/internet) don't actually care about your address so bad guys can also obtain a "legitimate" fraudulent utility bill by opening a SIM-only contract in a phone shop with any address they desire. > It's a considerable hassle when moving there. Back when I was living in shared accommodation I had no utility bills in my name (everything was included in the rent) and I've had no issues with using a niche VoIP provider's invoices as proof of address - their invoices look like any other utility bill but obviously since it's VoIP it's not actually tied to an address and yet was accepted everywhere, proving once more the uselessness of this entire "proof of address" charade.