The Terms and Conditions set out below are important and affect your rights as a customer of CitizenCard Limited ("us"). CitizenCard Limited provides the Post Office PASS Card to you on behalf of our partner Yoti Limited, which holds a licence from the Post Office. The Terms and Conditions apply to anyone applying for a Post Office PASS Card.
You must read these Terms and Conditions carefully before applying for a Post Office PASS Card.
If you have any queries you should email [email protected].
'Post Office' and the Post Office logo are registered trade marks of Post Office Limited - all rights are reserved. Although Post Office Limited allows its trade marks to be used under licence, CitizenCard Limited is solely responsible to you for the operation of the Post Office PASS Card. Post Office Limited and Yoti Limited therefore have no obligations under these Terms and Conditions. Use of the Post Office EasyID App is subject to separate terms and conditions between you and Yoti Limited.
3. Eligibility to Apply for a Post Office PASS Card
11. Variation of these Terms and Conditions
In these Terms and Conditions, unless the context requires otherwise: "Applicant" means a person applying for a Post Office PASS Card to be issued in their name and for their use.
"Application" means the application made by the Applicant for a Post Office PASS Card. “Card” means a Post Office PASS proof of identity and age Card.
"The Company" means CitizenCard Limited, company no. 3669949.
"Data" means data pertaining to an Applicant or, where relevant, data pertaining to a Referee.
"Fraud" includes any fraud, dishonesty and deceit and in particular includes but is not limited to:
"Lawful Holder" means the person to whom the Card is issued, in other words the successful Applicant.
"Loss" means losses, costs, damages, injuries, accidents or claims (whether direct or indirect) suffered by you in connection with your Application and/or the Card issued to you.
"Misconduct" includes:
"PASS" means the Proof of Age Standards Scheme (www.pass-scheme.org.uk) which is endorsed by the UK Home Office, the Police and the Security Industry Authority.
"Referee" means the person who has verified your Application and who has countersigned your Application, your photograph and, if required, a copy of your original Supporting Document or who has confirmed such information electronically.
"Supporting Document" means a document confirming the Applicant's name and date of birth such as a passport, photo driving licence, Government-issued ID Card, PASS Card, Birth Certificate, NHS Medical Card and Gender Recognition Certificate.
"e-IDVT or Electronic ID Validation Technology" means our process (powered by Yoti IDV) that seeks to determine the Applicant's identity by assessing the Applicant's original photo ID document (Passport, Photo Driving Licence or European National ID Card) and matching it to the Applicant via a liveness check.
"eVisa Check" means our process for verifying an Applicant's identity using their UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) records. This process involves the Applicant signing in to their UKVI account to generate a unique share code, which provides us with access to the Applicant's digital immigration status as issued by the UK Home Office.
"Terms and Conditions" means these terms and conditions as amended from time to time;
"We/Us/Our" means CitizenCard Limited, the issuer of the Post Office PASS Card.
"You/Your" means the Applicant/Applicant's.
"Territory" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
These Terms and Conditions set out the contractual relationship between us and you.
3. ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR A POST OFFICE PASS CARD
3.1 Any person of any age ordinarily resident within the Territory is eligible to apply for a Post Office PASS Card.
3.2 A person below the age of sixteen (16) must obtain the consent of a parent or legal guardian with whom they are ordinarily resident.
3.3 To apply for a Post Office PASS Card, you must apply online (make an eApplication) at postoffice.citizencard.com or use a printed Application form, or apply using the Post Office EasyID App (provided you have had your identity validated using your passport, driving licence or EU national identity card). The Post Office EasyID App is subject to separate terms and conditions.
3.4 Online eApplications and Printed Applications for a Post Office PASS Card must be completed in full and must be countersigned, physically or via an electronic 'Statement of Truth' (for eApplications), by a Referee (unless the eApplication is made via the Applicant's original photo ID using the e-IDVT process or a valid share code is provided for the eVisa Check).
3.5 We undertake checks of the information supplied on an Application form in compliance with standards set by PASS and will not issue a Card unless all requirements have been met.
3.6 If it is not possible to complete an Application process successfully, a Post Office PASS Card will not be issued. In this circumstance a refund of the cost of the Application Process and Validation Service will not be given.
3.7 If Your Application is successful we will issue a Card. By accepting the Card you agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions at postoffice.citizencard.com as amended from time to time.
3.8 Any changes to your name, postal address, telephone numbers or email address must be notified by email to [email protected] or in writing to: Post Office PASS Cards, CitizenCard, 7 Prescott Place, London SW4 6BS.
3.9 We will not be responsible for late, lost or misdirected post (either received by us or sent by us to you) and we recommend you use recorded delivery for standard Postal Applications and Special Delivery or Tracked 24 for Express Postal Applications. We send out cards by Royal Mail second (2nd) class post (Standard applications) and Royal Mail Tracked 24 - next day delivery (Express applications).
3.10 Correspondence from you to us should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to: Post Office PASS Cards, CitizenCard, 7 Prescott Place, London SW4 6BS.
4.1 CitizenCard Limited is registered as a Data Controller (Reg.No. Z7733342) under the Data Protection Act 2018 and is compliant with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
4.2 The Data which is processed by Us in connection with an Application include:
4.3 We provide Yoti Limited, a digital identity company that operates the Yoti and Post Office EasyID apps, with the ability to confirm electronically the validity of a cardholder through our secure API, provided that the cardholder has given their consent in the Yoti or Post Office EasyID apps. The Post Office EasyID App is subject to separate terms and conditions.
4.4 When using the e-IDVT process, the Applicant has to agree to their data (photo ID document, liveness check and selfies) being assessed by Yoti Limited (www.yoti.com/business/identity-verification) for the purpose of identity verification. Yoti IDV can submit the ID documents and selfies of suspected fraudsters to law enforcement bodies to help authorities in detection and prevention of fraud.
4.5 We provide retailers and other organisations with the ability to confirm that you are a legitimate cardholder at pocardverify.citizencard.com or by using the PASS Card Verify app available on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, provided that you have given them your consent either by sharing your card details with them, allowing them to scan the QR code on the reverse of your card, or by permitting them to take a photo of the front of your card.
4.6 We use Google Cloud Vision API together with our own machine learning technology to make sure a photo you upload to support your online application complies with passport quality standards; Google does not use an anonymous photo it receives for any other purpose nor share it with third-parties and the photo is deleted right after the processing is done.
4.7 We use Google Cloud Vision API to extract full card details from photos taken by the PASS Card Verify app to verify whether the card is genuine or not; Google does not use a photo of a card it receives for any other purpose nor share it with third-parties and the photo is deleted right after the processing is done.
4.8 We provide your full name and address to our delivery provider, Royal Mail, who handles the delivery of your card.
4.9 We share anonymised analytics data with Google Analytics to better understand website usage, gather insights into user behaviour, and improve website performance. Additionally, we might track registered users across devices and sessions using Google Analytics' User-ID feature on postoffice.citizencard.com, which provides a more accurate analysis of customer interactions. Both features of Google Analytics are contingent upon your consent to the use of 'Analytics' cookies, as managed through the cookie banner on our website.
4.10 We may disclose your personal information to law enforcement agencies to the extent that we are required to do so by law.
4.11. Communications Preferences
We offer those who provide personal contact information a means to choose how we use the information provided (for instance to enable us to communicate via email, letter and/or SMS). You may manage your receipt of communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located on the bottom of our emails.
Users of our services registered at postoffice.citizencard.com can manage their communication preferences in the 'Update Communication Preferences' section of their online account.
4.12 The purposes for which Data may be Processed by Us include:
If you have opted in we will share your data with Yoti Limited who, under licence from the Post Office, may use the data for the purpose of:
4.13 If you wish to have your data removed permanently from our records, please email [email protected] or write to: Post Office PASS Cards, CitizenCard, 7 Prescott Place, London SW4 6BS. If we have issued you with a Post Office PASS Card (which remains our property) you will need to return it to us or provide evidence of its destruction before we will delete your Data from Our records. If the card we issued you has been lost or stolen you will need to sign (and have witnessed) a Sworn Statement that the card issued was lost or stolen. We will then delete your Data from Our records but will retain a hard copy of the Sworn Statement solely for the purpose of assisting police or law enforcement agencies in connection with any investigation involving the card issued.
5.1 The Applicant must consent on the Application Form that he or she acknowledges that payment to The Company covers the cost of the Card Application Processing and Validation Service. The Applicant is not paying for the Card which at all times remains the legal property of The Company.
5.2 The Applicant must consent on the Application Form that he or she acknowledges that providing false information is a criminal offence under the terms of the Fraud Act 2006. Provision of false information includes falsifying any of the Applicant's or Referee's personal details, signatures, 'Digital Referee Declarations' and/or countersignatures of (or electronic 'Statements of Truth' confirming the validity of) the Applicant Photo and/or Application Form and/or copy of the Applicant's original Supporting Document.
5.3 Falsifying original Supporting Documents, for example using software such as PhotoShop®, to doctor a government-issued document such as an original or certified copy of a birth certificate, passport or any other government-issued ID is a serious criminal offence and The Company will always refer evidence of such to the Metropolitan Police Amberhill Fraud team.
5.4 The Applicant must complete all parts of the Postal Application Form correctly, complying fully with the requirements set out, including provision of a countersigned Application, countersigned photograph, if applicable countersigned Supporting Document, together with the correct payment. All the tickboxes within the Applicant Declaration must be ticked if the Application is to be successful.
5.5 If an online application is made via postoffice.citizencard.com (an eApplication) the Applicant is responsible for ensuring that their Referee submits a 'Digital Referee Declaration Form' and for ensuring that their Referee provides Us with an electronic 'Statement of Truth' confirming the validity of the application, in particular that the photo supplied is a true likeness to the applicant, and that the applicant's details match those on the applicant's Supporting Document or they have confirmed the applicant's details against the official records held at their workplace. A Referee is not needed if the eApplication is made via the Applicant's original photo ID using the e-IDVT process or a valid share code is provided for the eVisa Check.
5.6 The Applicant must take the Application form, together with two (2) photographs and if appropriate a copy of their original Supporting Document together with the original Supporting Document to a person qualified, able and willing to act, as a Referee. However, if the application is made via postoffice.citizencard.com (an eApplication) using the Applicant's Supporting Document, the applicant must take the original Supporting Document to a person qualified, able and willing to act, as a Referee. A Referee is not needed if the eApplication is made via the Applicant's original photo ID using the e-IDVT process or a valid share code is provided for the eVisa Check.
5.7 If you apply online, the Card age-band is automatically selected and determined by your date of birth. If you require a higher age-band, you must select it in the "Age-Band" section of the online application page. Failure to do this will result in a current age band card being issued.
5.8 If you apply using one of our Postal Application forms and require an 18+ card but you are still 17 years old when you apply you must attach a letter to your application requesting what age band you would like i.e. 18+ or 16-17. The same applies if you are 15 but want a 16-17 card. Failure to do this will result in a lower age band card being issued. This also depends on form type.
5.9 You can choose the next age-band if the age-band on your card will change within 3 months of your application. Your application will be put on hold until you are eligible to receive the requested age-band.
5.10 The next age-band 16-17 or 18+ Post Office PASS Card cannot be posted until one working day before your birthday; this is subject to your application being verified. If your birthday is on a Sunday your card will not be issued until the first working day after your birthday. If your birthday is on a Monday your card will be posted on the day of your birthday. The application process begins once your application is received at our office.
6.1 A person should only act as a Referee if they are employed, able and willing to be contacted at their workplace by workplace telephone and workplace email. The workplace must be a registered business. They cannot be a relative, legal guardian, carer or live at the same address as the applicant.
6.2 If the Referee supporting a 'Supporting Document' Application process does not know the Applicant personally, they must countersign a photocopy of the Applicant's original photographic Supporting Document: either passport or driving licence or EU national identity card or Card bearing the PASS hologram or Home Office approved photo ID.
6.3 If the Referee supporting a 'Supporting Document' Application does know the applicant personally, they can countersign a photocopy of the Applicant's original non-photographic Supporting Document instead: either adoption certificate, birth certificate, certified copy of birth certificate, marriage certificate which states applicant's date of birth, Gender Recognition Certificate, NHS Medical Card, Disclosure and Barring Service certificate, UK Naturalisation Certificate, Global Health Insurance Card or European Health Insurance Card.
6.4 The Referee must complete all parts of the Referee Declaration correctly, complying fully with the requirements set out, including countersigning the Application form, countersigning one photograph of the Applicant and if a 'Supporting Document' Application process countersigning a photocopy of the original Supporting Document.
6.5 The Referee must be able and willing to tick all the tickboxes for either 'Supporting Document' Application or 'Official Records' Application in the Referee Declaration. In particular, the Referee must consent that he or she acknowledges that providing false information is a criminal offence under the terms of the Fraud Act 2006.
6.6 Provision of false information includes falsifying any of the information supplied within the Referee Declaration, knowingly countersigning a photocopy of a fake or forged Supporting Document, knowingly countersigning the reverse of an Applicant's photograph as a true likeness when this is not so, knowingly certifying that the Applicant's details on the Application form match the Referee's organisation's official records when this is not so, or knowingly certifying that the Applicant is the person to whom the records pertain when this is not so.
6.7 A Referee can only support a 'Supporting Document' Application (countersigning a photocopy of the Applicant's original Supporting Document) if they are a professionally qualified person such as one of the following:
6.8 A Referee can only support an 'Official Records' Application by certifying that an Applicant's details supplied on the Application Form match the Applicant's details held on the Referee's organisation's official records (and that the Applicant is the person to whom the records pertain).
6.9 An 'Official Records' Referee must be one of the following:
6.10 If the Referee is determined to be a person not qualifying to act as such the Application will be initially put on hold and a letter (or if applicant applied online email) will be sent to the Applicant to notify them that to continue with the application they will need to provide a suitable Referee who meets all the requirements. If a suitable Referee is not provided the application will be rejected.
6.11 If the Referee cannot be contacted by workplace telephone or workplace email at their place of work during normal office hours the Application will be put on hold and a letter or if applicant applied online email will be sent to the Applicant to request the details of a new Referee before the Application Process can continue.
6.12 If the Referee is contacted but is unable or unwilling to confirm the information supplied in the Application Form the application will be put on hold and a letter or if applicant applied online email will be sent to the Applicant to request the details of a new Referee before the Application Process can continue.
Additional Referee obligations for eApplications made at postoffice.citizencard.com
6.13 A Referee supporting an eApplication must sign and return the 'Digital Referee Declaration' sent to them by the Applicant. This consents to us disclosing the Applicant's details to the Referee.
6.14 If the Referee supporting a 'Supporting Document' Application does not know the Applicant personally, they must sign and return a 'Statement of Truth' confirming that the applicant's details match those on the Supporting Document (which they have seen the original of, and that the photo supplied is a true likeness of the Applicant). The Supporting Document must be photographic: passport or driving licence or EU national identity card or Card bearing the PASS hologram or Home Office approved photo ID.
6.15 If the Referee supporting a 'Supporting Document' Application does know the applicant personally, they must sign and return a 'Statement of Truth' confirming that the applicant's details match those on the Supporting Document (which they have seen the original of, and that the photo supplied is a true likeness of the Applicant). The Supporting Document must be one of those in 6.14 or non-photographic: adoption certificate, birth certificate, certified copy of birth certificate, marriage certificate which states applicant's date of birth, Gender Recognition Certificate, NHS Medical Card, Disclosure and Barring Service certificate, UK Naturalisation Certificate, Global Health Insurance Card or European Health Insurance Card.
6.16 If the Referee supports an 'Official Records' Application they must sign and return a 'Statement of Truth' confirming that the applicant's details match those on their official records and that the Applicant is the person to whom the details pertain.
6.17 A Referee can only support a 'Supporting Document' Application if they are a professionally-qualified person such as one of those listed at 6.7.
6.18 An 'Official Records' Referee must be one of those listed at 6.9.
7.1 Payment covers the cost of processing and verifying the application for a Post Office PASS Card (the card itself remains Our property). As soon as an application is submitted, either online or by post, We incur costs in processing the information supplied. If an applicant wishes to cancel their application at any time they may do so but the application fees will not be refunded.
7.2 The application process does not begin until you pay for and submit your application online, or for offline applications when We have received the applicant's completed application form at Our office.
7.3 The Applicant must choose whether to apply for Standard or Express application. Standard application takes up to 21 days, urgent application takes up to 1-2 working days. For offline (printed) applications, the process begins when we receive the applicant's completed application including a referee declaration, countersigned photograph, applicant declaration and (where applicable) relevant Supporting Document at our office.
7.4 For an eApplication made at postoffice.citizencard.com the process begins once the application has been submitted and paid for, but bear in mind that we still need to receive applicant photograph, e-IDVT (Electronic ID Validation Technology) report including uploaded photo ID document plus liveness check or a valid share code for the eVisa Check or Digital Referee Declaration and Referee's Statement of Truth (confirming applicant's photo as a true likeness and either that applicant's details match those on the original Supporting Document or that the details match those held on the Official Records).
7.5 For an application received via the Post Office EasyID App, the process begins once the application has been submitted and paid for. If the photo or ID image (of the passport, driving licence or EU national identity card) supplied to us by Yoti is not compliant you will need to send us an acceptable photo or copy of your ID.
7.6 The normal cost of the Standard application process is £15 (including VAT at the prevailing rate). The normal cost of the Express application process is £30 (including VAT at the prevailing rate). The normal cost of the Standard replacement application process is £12 (including VAT at the prevailing rate). The normal cost of the Express replacement application process is £25 (including VAT at the prevailing rate). Promotional or discounted rates may be offered from time to time.
7.7 The applicant, or if the applicant is below the age of sixteen (16) their parent or legal guardian, is responsible for making payment in full at the time of applying. Payment covers the cost of the Application Processing and Validation Service, not the Card itself which if issued remains at all times the legal property of The Company.
7.8 If full payment is not received the application will not be processed. Payment can be made by postal order, credit or debit Card.
8.1 If the Applicant is below the age of sixteen (16) a parent or legal guardian with whom the Applicant is ordinarily resident must consent to the application providing their full name and signature.
8.2 If the Applicant is below the age of sixteen (16) they do not need to sign the Applicant Signature but all parts of the Applicant Declaration must be completed by the parent or legal guardian who is signing the parental consent.
9.1 The Applicant must supply two (2) passport quality colour photographs, one (1) of which must be countersigned by the Referee.
9.2 For eApplications made at postoffice.citizencard.com the Applicant must upload one passport-quality photo, the likeness of which to the Applicant must be confirmed by the e- IDVT (Electronic ID Validation Technology) process or the eVisa Check or the Referee in their 'Statement of Truth'.
9.3 The photographs must be an image of the Applicant's head and shoulders. The background must be white and the Applicant's face must be completely visible. Sunglasses and headwear cannot be worn other than for religious or medical reasons.
9.4 The Applicant's face must display a neutral expression devoid of a smile or grimace.
9.5 The second photograph, the one not countersigned by the Referee, must be stuck or glued to the specified box (marked 'ATTACH ONE PHOTO HERE') within the Application Form.
9.6 The countersigned photograph must not be stuck or glued to the form. It can be paper clipped to the form or enclosed loose within the envelope.
9.7 Applications received without the two (2) photographs enclosed in the format required will be rejected.
9.8 For applications made via the Post Office EasyID App, the photo transferred via the app must be usable on the printed card. If it is not, for example if the background is not plain, the Applicant will be required to send a usable photo.
10.1 Although We may issue you with a Card it remains at all times Our legal property. It may only be used by the lawful holder of the Card who is the Applicant. The Card may not be lent, sold or given to any other person under any circumstances.
10.2 The Card may only be used, by the lawful holder, for the purpose of proving identity or age in order to access goods or services where the provider of such goods or services requires evidence of the customer's identity and/or age.
10.3 The Card contains a PASS hologram which means that it is endorsed as a valid form of ID and proof of age by the government and the police. All national retail trade associations (together representing most of the shops, supermarkets, pubs and clubs in the UK) and all airlines recognise the card as valid ID (for domestic flights) and proof of age. However, no guarantee can be given that a particular premise, or individual working at that premise, will acknowledge and/or accept the Card as valid ID or proof of age.
10.4 The Company is in no way liable for non-acceptance of a Card under any circumstances. A lawful holder of a Card must therefore satisfy themselves that a premise at which they intend to use their Card will acknowledge and accept the Card as valid ID and proof of age.
10.5 Under no circumstances will The Company entertain requests for refunded payments in instances where a Card is refused. Payments to The Company are made to cover the cost of the Application Processing and Validation Service, not for the Card itself which remains at all times the legal property of The Company.
10.6 All Post Office PASS Cards expire 3 years after issuing (rounded up to the end of the month the card was printed on). Cardholders can renew their Post Office PASS Card if their card expires, they wish to obtain a higher age-band card or if their appearance has changed. Cardholders can also renew their existing Post Office PASS Card if their name has changed legally since their previous card was issued. Please note that if the cardholder's name was changed legally, a copy of the change of name deed or marriage certificate or Gender Recognition Certificate must be included with the Replacement application.
11. VARIATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
11.1 We reserve the right at all times to make changes to these Terms and Conditions from time to time. Applicants, Referees, Parents/Legal Guardians or Lawful Holders who do not accept the amendments may return the Card to us, if issued, and/or request that data applicable to them is removed from Our records as advised in 4.13.
12.1 We will not be liable for any Loss resulting from the failure of an Application to result in a Card being issued.
12.2 We will not be liable for any Loss if, by reason of local or regulatory prohibitions or restrictions, We are unable to process an Application or issue a Card.
12.3 Our liability for negligence, breach of contract, or any other matter is limited to reimbursing the cost of the Application Processing and Validation Service.
We aim to reply to a written letter within two weeks and to emails within three working days.
13.1 If you have queries about these Terms and Conditions, or any other matter related to Post Office PASS Cards, please email [email protected] or write to:
Post Office PASS Cards, CitizenCard, 7 Prescott Place, London, SW4 6BS.
13.2 If you wish to complain about something please email [email protected] or write to:
Complaints, Post Office PASS Cards, CitizenCard, 7 Prescott Place, London, SW4 6BS.
13.3 If you wish to refer your grievance to a third party please contact your local trading standards department or Citizens Advice.
14.1 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. We and You submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to resolve any disputes that may arise out of them.
14.2 Any provision of these Terms and Conditions declared void or unenforceable by any competent authority or court shall, to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability, be deemed severable and shall not affect the other provisions remaining which shall continue unaffected.
Updated 19 December 2024 © CitizenCard Limited on behalf of Yoti Limited under licence from the Post Office