https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article135/proof-of-address en a blog about Debian and self-hosting Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:11:00 +0000 PluXml https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article135/proof-of-address/#c1420722684-1 https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article135/proof-of-address/#c1420722684-1 The best part of this system is that when you live in, say, Japan, and give your french bank your new address, they ask for those same kind of documents. Except they are written in japanese, and that the address definitely doesn't match the transliteration you have to give them so that they can actually write that address when they are sending something. Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:11:00 +0000 glandium https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article135/proof-of-address/#c1420721833-1 https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article135/proof-of-address/#c1420721833-1 In Norway, we have a government registry that companies use to verify addresses. (The National Population Register.) The registry has to be updated within six weeks of moving to a new residence and most companies will periodically pull the information on their own to be up to date. I believe the system works pretty well compared to the French/American system were companies demand bills from other companies to verify your current residency. I believe companies here have to go through some kind of privacy verification and pay some fee to use the registry. This could be wishful thinking. Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:57:00 +0000 Daniel Aleksandersen