Documents required with your application

When you come to the Post Office to make your application for an older persons Freedom Pass, you need to bring:

Photograph

• All Freedom Pass applications require a photograph. Read our guidance on the standard for photographs and find your nearest Opens in a new window booth.

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Proof of your name and age (one item from the list below):

• Letter of pension entitlement
• Current passport
• Medical card
• Birth certificate (unless your name has changed)
• Pink driving licence (paper or photocard)

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Proof of your address (one item from the list below):

• Current council tax bill/letter/payment book
• Current council/housing association rent book/statement/letter
• Current television licence
• Residential utility bill (excluding mobile phone bills) dated in the last 3 months
• Residential bank/building society statement dated in the last 3 months
• HM Revenues and Customs letter dated in the last 3 months
• Department for Work and Pensions letter dated in the last 3 months
• Occupational pension letter dated in the last 3 months
• Residential credit card statement dated in the last 3 months.

If you do not bring your proof of name, age or address to the Post Office they will not be able to give you a Freedom Pass.

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