Certificate of Residence in UK to withdraw 2nd pillar

Finance, Taxes, Banking, Insurance and Retirement
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Hello,

I intend to withdraw my vested benefits/2nd pillar from Switzerland. I’m living in the UK and the Swiss pension provider (CS/UBS) is asking for a ‘current certificate of residence’.

This is not actually a thing in the UK…I’ve phoned them a couple of times and it seems they want something official from the government or something from a solicitor (which won’t happen).

Does anyone know what they might accept from the UK or done this or something like it before? Council tax bill as the obvious choice I asked about and they won’t accept.

Thanks, Dan

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Ask UBS if they’ll accept a letter from your council saying that you are resident there. Then ask your council if they’ll write it for you.

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If you have a Swiss passport, you can obtain a certificate of residence from the UK Swiss embassy.

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If you search on the UK Gov website there’s a form there.