PRC Individual/Joint Account Additional Identification Information

Your National Identity Card provides both Proof of Identity AND Proof of Residential Address. If you submit your Chinese National Identity Card AND the address on it is the same as your current residential address stated on the application, you do not have to submit a separate document for your Proof of Residential Address. Be sure to upload both sides of your National Identity Card.

If you do not provide a National Identity Card, you must provide two separate documents, one for Proof of Identity and the other for Proof of Residential Address, as indicated in the table below.

Document Category	Acceptable Documents (only one document per category is needed)
Proof of Identity and Date of Birth	Passport Must be currently valid, signed by the account holder and clearly Indicate the number, date of expiration, date of birth and country of issue; any visa stamped pages must be included; Government-issued ID Must be currently valid, and clearly show the ID number. Both the front and back are required. Driver's License.
Proof of Residential Address	The address on the document must be the same as the address you enter in your account application. Real Estate Certificate Mortgage statement, deed, ownership certificate or lease statement. Must include the account holder's full name and address; Public Utility Bill Electricity, water, telephone (including cell phone) or gas statement; the bill must be less than 12 months old and show the account holder’s full name and address; Home Owner Insurance Document Current home owner's home insurance policy. Insurance statement, issued within the past 12 months is also accepted; Home Security System Bill Must be the current home owner’s security system bill or statement issued within the past 12 months; Government-issued documents/statement Must contain current address and be issued within the past 12 months, including: Tax letter and notification; Government housing agency-issued letter/notice; Court appearance notice Any other government letter/notice that clearly shows the account holder's name and address; Hukou (Household Registration); Credit Card Statement Only statements for bank-issued credit cards will be accepted. The statement must show the bank's name and the customer's country of residence and the bank must be a member of the Financial Action Task Force; Bank Statement Must clearly show the account holder's full name and current address and must have been issued within the past 12 months. The bank must be a member of the Financial Action Task Force; Broker Report The brokerage firm must be a US-registered broker-dealer or a US-registered broker-dealer's foreign affiliate. The account holder's country of residence must be a member of the Financial Action Task Force.

Note:

Interactive Brokers LLC reserves the right to request additional documents in situations where the documents listed above are insufficient to complete our process of due diligence.

All documents must be legible. It is advised to use the "enlarge copy" option when making copies of documents on scanners or copy machines.

You may SEND documents via email as scanned documents to: newaccounts@interactivebrokers.com (Please include your Account ID in the Subject line) or upload to the last page of your online application.

Please note that your application for an IB account cannot be approved until these documents have been received and reviewed by IB. If you have any questions about the documents required to open an IB account, please contact our New Accounts Department via email at newaccounts@interactivebrokers.com (Please include your Account ID in the Subject line) or call +86(21) 6086 8586.

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