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That's the case now.

A decade ago a bank account, passport and bill with your home address was all that was needed to work legally.

But that’s exactly the point. A passport (assuming it’s a British passport) proves you have the right to work in the U.K. The commenter above is claiming all you need or ever needed is an address and a driving licence, and that’s nonsense.

I presented a foreign (EU) passport and opened a bank account in one of the biggest banks operating in the UK.

That was almost everything I needed, I didn't even have UK driving licence at the time.

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