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I want to open a bank account but i have no id due to lack of funds to buy passport?

i have recently landed a well paid job but to be paid i need a bank account which until i get paid i can not buy a passport ? any ideas?

Have you not got your birth certificate ? or marriage certificate if married, a utility bill and maybe you can get someone to write a letter of support, if you know a customer of the bank you want to join.
I know when I was looking to change banks I was told I would need at least 2 forms of I.D plus a letter of recommendation from a current customer of the banks. That bank had a black horse in its well known logo and I told them what they could do with their account. Its worse than trying to get into Fort Knox.
If you have had a bank account in the past then you may find another bank is willing to let you open an account with out the I.D. I was lucky had a savings account with one bank and a joint account with another when the divorce went threw I was able to go to my old bank and they dealt with the transfer etc. and gave me a new current account.

yes, i think this is very unfair, i often wonder about id issues if i chose not to have a passport. i dont know why you should HAVE to buy a passport just to provide id to open a bank account. i would pick thebank of your choice and make a big fuss with the management and then maybe the banking ombudsman, failing that you might just have to get one
I opened a basic bank account online the other week, as a second account.
I didnt need ID.
if you know someone who has an account sign on for a joint account with them then after 6 months you are able to open your own account without documentation
Double check that a passport is all they will accept. as well as making a fuss they may accept a birth certificate, or your utility bills or a tenancy agreement etc... make a fuss or check out other banks which may have a more relaxed attitude. PS do you have a drivers licence? or medical card?
drivers licence?
2 utility bills?
Library card?
Birth certificate ? Drivers licence? NHS Card ?