A chara, – I’ve been finding it a struggle to deal with the prize bond company’s requirements for payment of two cheques issued to my father. He died many years ago but the bonds were still in his name. On behalf of my mother, I did the necessary last August to show that she was the rightful inheritor, providing a copy of the death certificate and will, etc.
Now the company has asked for photo ID, proof of her PPS number and address. The latter was easy enough to provide, but she has no current photo ID and I have had to use my archaeological skills to go through the domestic disarray to find an official letter addressed to her that had her PPS number on it. I found one from 2009.
To substitute for lack of photo ID, the company asked my mother to write a letter saying that she has no photo ID!
The other two documents had to be certified copies, so I had to take the originals and the copies to the post office to have them certified. So, after several phone calls and exchanges of correspondence, the paperwork is done, and I await developments.
It takes all the fun out of winning a few bob. –Is mise,
AUDREY MacCREADY,
Artane, Dublin 5.