DBS Document Checking Service

Most Students will now be able to use the Digital ID verification process.

Information on applying for a DBS check can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Applications page. If for any reason you are unable to use the digital verification process, you will automatically be directed to use the in-person ID check service to verify your documents.

1. Once you have requested your DBS application through your department. We will then initiate your request and you will be contact with a link to the Atlantic Data system where you can complete your application. Here you will be directed to use the digital ID verification process. If you are unable to use this system you will automatically be directed to the in-person ID check process and required to visit Student Support and Wellbeing Services at Bloomsbury or Marshgate at any time during the opening hours to get your ID documents checked. You can only do this once you have submitted your application online.
2. Please bring in the original copies of the documents you have selected in your application. Please make sure you have all the correct documentation with you to complete the ID check when you come into the Student Support and Wellbeing Services.

• Only original documents can be accepted; bank statements/bills that have been downloaded online will not be accepted. Instead these documents need to be obtained from, or posted to you by, the service provider and show a date within the specified time period, e.g., three months.
• A bank statement which has been downloaded can be accepted if it has been validated by your bank with a wet stamp/signature
• Important: The name and address on the documents you provide, need to match the details you submitted in your DBS application.

If you are an international student and can generate a sharecode to prove your immigration status, you should select online evidence of immigration status when choosing a document that proves your right to work and study.

If you have any questions about how to complete your form, please visit the Student Support and Wellbeing Services: call us on +44 (0) 20 3108 8836.

Prior to submitting your information you will be asked to read and agree to a consent statement in line with the requirements of the DBS, the DBS Code of Practice and data protection legislation.

If you are no longer able to provide the documents you have selected on your application, or if the dates on your documents become out of date (e.g., they are no longer within the specified three month time period), please Log an Enquiry on askUCL and we can cancel your application and re-start the process.

If you have questions about how to apply for a DBS Disclosure or what ID documents to submit for your DBS Check, please look at the guidance for DBS Applications, Log an Enquiry on askUCL or call us on +44(0) 20 3108 8836.