https://dataingovernment.blog.gov.uk/change-of-address-visas-self-certification/
Change of Address (Visas) - Self Certification
Self Certifications are run internally by each department, organised through their responsible Digital Leader. The Digital Leader will certify the service meets the Digital by Default service standard criteria. The Self Certification process is currently in Alpha, and will continue to be iterated on. Services with over 100,000 transactions a year will continue to be assessed by GDS.
This service allows visa applicants to communicate a change in their address or legal representative details to the Home Office so that their records can be updated.
Department / Agency:
HO
Date of Submission:
29/7/2014
Assessment Stage:
Live
Lead Assessor:
E. Charles / C. Williams
Service Manager:
H. Day
Digital Leader:
J. Hawkins for M. Parsons
Assessors Summary:
The assessors considered that the change of address service meets the service standards as appropriate for a public beta release. The service demonstrated was created as part of the migration of the Home Office websites to .GOV.UK. A new service is under development. Feedback and analysis of the public beta will inform the development of the new service. The team has developed, tested and revised the service resulting in a service that users can use first time unaided. There is a team in place to work with the service manager to monitor and improve the service. On-going support and knowledge sharing is supported by open source tools. The assessors recommended that the service manager agreed a benchmark against which the service could be measured. The assessors also recommended that the assisted digital needs were considered in the context of the visa applicant’s customer journey.
Results Against the Digital by Default Criteria:
| Criteria | Passed | Criteria | Passed |
| 1 | Yes | 2 | Yes |
| 3 | Yes | 4 | Yes |
| 5 | Yes | 6 | Yes |
| 7 | Yes | 8 | Yes |
| 9 | Yes | 10 | No |
| 11 | Yes | 12 | Yes |
| 13 | Yes | 14 | Yes |
| 15 | No | 16 | Yes |
| 17 | Yes | 18 | Yes |
| 19 | Yes | 20 | Yes |
| 21 | Yes | 22 | Yes |
| 23 | No | 24 | Yes |
| 25 | Yes | 26 | No |
| Details of criteria that are not applicable to this service |
| 10. Alternate channel in place 15. Code is not open source but templates are shared 23. Not reported on the performance platform during beta 26. Not at present |
