> You want to signup for a digital service from the government, your bank, your insurance company,.. . Well you need to send in a copy of a bill and your passpo

> You want to signup for a digital service from the government, your bank, your insurance company,.. . Well you need to send in a copy of a bill and your passport. This isn't generally the case; for the most part, a UK resident just answers some questions on application and won't be asked for ID to take out financial products. It's only normally if you fail to verify that you'd be asked that, which might happen if you've got no address/financial history here for e.g. For online government services all tax/benefits are online and pretty seamless. The things that aren't seamless are much less common - for e.g. renewing driving license I remember being quite painful.