AmEx requiring certified copies of driver's licence or passport of supplementary card members now?

[NM]

Nothing has changed.

There have always been periodic requests for verified ID.

For my employer's Corporate Amex (Green) card application., its a documented part of the process and required by all applications for the card. Not random or periodic. But that is different to the OP's need for verification for a supplementary card.

 

[Happy Dude]

Which is a good thing, really.

In some instances, yes, but it's mostly irrational paranoia, for eg, he didn't collect the Vic gov $250 for energy comparisons on either of his two properties because he didn't want to give them his details. Interestingly for this card, I ended up getting the supp in the name of my mother instead, who died in 2020, without any request for DL etc from Amex.

 

[andyrb]

In some instances, yes, but it's mostly irrational paranoia, for eg, he didn't collect the Vic gov $250 for energy comparisons on either of his two properties because he didn't want to give them his details.

Ok, he's batshit insane. Got it.