Business services

Passport Validation Service (PVS)

IPS' Passport Validation Service (PVS) assists commercial organisations in combating fraud. Customers in financial and legal services stand to benefit significantly through using the PVS. Our service is expanding and is a business critical tool.

Information on the Passport Validation Service (PVS)

Working With Us

This section is intended for those businesses and organisations, including public services and government departments, that will be working with us on the National Identity Scheme. They fall into two groups:

Suppliers are those businesses that will provide the products and goods or services we need to run the National Identity Scheme. As the scheme is still at the planning stage, our suppliers have yet to be confirmed.
Stakeholders includes all those businesses and organisations, public services and government departments which will use the scheme. For example, key stakeholders include banks and other financial institutions as well as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Police, the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), Department for Education and Skills (DES), and the Department of Health (DH). Because the scheme is still at the planning stage, these stakeholders have the chance to become involved in the development.

24-hour Passport Adviceline: 0870 521 0410 (see terms and conditions). Calls are charged at 8p per
minute from a BT landline; live operators are available to assist with your enquiry 24 hours a day