Is it customary or normal to also ask for a digital photocopy of the receipt for the expenses?

It turned out to be a family emergency and he contacted us a couple of weeks later to square-up.We do perform the verifications already mentioned: confirm they are enrolled in one of the universities; check their student visa; take photocopy of their passport.If we were to have a problem with a foreign student skipping on rent, there is little recourse available to us to recapture the payment - the only real avenue would be to approach their program supervisor / sponsor at the University.

They actually provided a photo copy of it.

You need a photo copy of their ID's 4.When you get the lease back,the next day give a Notice of NON-renewal - Notice to vacate, proper notice per your landlord state laws.

Limit 2 occupants per bedroom.Each adult living in the home must complete a separate application.To make this application process as speedy as possible please mail / turn in the following with your application; A photocopy of your IDProof of Income - SSI letter or last two paycheck stubs$35 application fee per adult on the lease.If you wish to place a hold on the property while we process your application, you may submit a $100 deposit.

Her address on her license should match up to where she lives (and should be somewhere on her credit report history that you personally pull (not her photocopy shenanigans) and her landlord should be able to verify that no?

At the second month of tenancy, if a tenant pays their rent with a check, we will photo copy it and place the copy in their tenant file.

They should have asked to photocopy the passport + visa for their records.

totally off topic but when I was selling a house I had it listed at 400k. i got an offer with an EM check for $400. its so funny because I took the  check,  shredded it up, put it on the photocopier and made a picture of the shredded up the check.  

I'd make a photocopy of the student's driver's license or passport, and I told them that this is a contract between me and them and if they break the contract, it would be them getting sued, that they were responsible as an adult with no parents involved.