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  • …but they request I bring:

    Drivers License
    Passport or Birth Certificate
    Proof of Qualifications

    Problem is, I don’t drive, I’ve lost my passport and birth certificate and I never picked up my A-Level certificates (I just have my GCSE certs)

    I’ve got no choice but to go because I want the job but do you think it will look really bad and a little unorganised or can I blag my way out of it somehow?

    why do they want all this info? is it because they do CRB clearance?

    I would ring them up and explain this to them and see what they say.

    Unfortunately it might be the case that if they are desperate to recruit the delay associated with getting new documents counts against you…

    But that asssuming its a job where being cleared is vital before you can even work – in some cases you coudl still join the organisation and do other non-critical jobs whilst waiting for CRB clearance…

    this situation regularly arises where I work for both British workers and also with foreign workers who may not have any local ID documents other than their national ID card….

    I’ve had to do this for all interviews now.. Take passport in and proof of NI number which can be the card itself or a P60 or P45 it cannot be a wage slip.. apparently its the law they need to see proof that you are able to work in this country..

    I think I may have had to produce a passport for my last job interview but as it was in the Civil Service I assumed it was a public sector thing; didn’t realise private companies did it as well now

    If its not for CRB clearance (where they are very strict about what ID is acceptable) I’d definitely speak to your employer and see if they will accept an HMRC form (such as P60 or P45) or other form.

    I hope employers aren’t turning down potentially good workers merely for the lack of ID documents which we never had to carry anyway in this country until very recently….

    I know that one interview i was meant to go for when i first moved to edinburgh i had to postpone as they wanted 2 letters with my name and address on it (i’d only just moved in!!!) plus my passport and proof of my NI number P60/P45 or card…

    If i’d applied from my glasgow address there would have been no problem but they were so strict about the forms of address ID they would take that i had to postpone it..

    They would prob still require the passport for Bio to prove who he is… its madness now it really is

    General Lighting wrote:
    why do they want all this info? is it because they do CRB clearance?

    I assumed that this was the case but they do not state this on the letter and I would have thought they would explain why they need your documents because you can of course refuse a CRB check.

    I’ve got to ring them to confirm I will be attending the interview to hopefully I can explain then and they can suggest an alternative. It would be a shame because I meet the job description perfectly (and then some) and I have extensive experience in the field.

    Not much I can do about the qualifications though, they’ll just have to take my word for it.

    AFAIK you can get duplicate copies of you exam certs but it would probably cost ya..

    I know that where i work at the moment they have a huge list of acceptable ID for people that are from the UK and for those that aren’t and these need to be shown apparently by law before taking anyone on as a member of staff..

    Hopefully if you speak to them they maybe able to give you sometime to produce things like a duplicate birth cert or something, but I know that most places are really strict on it and they do need to see them before you’d be able to start working for them..

    jumping all them hoops sucks,good luck with it Bioraaa

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    Thats a major pain Bio – good luck with it.

    hope the interview goes well for you mate

    you can get a BC reissued. CRB won’t accept new ones tho.

    P60 and a tax statement, plus proof of address is valid ID (to open a bank account) if you don’t have photo ID

    i never picked up my exam certs either. your school, if it’s still there (you old fart :groucho: ) is unlikely to have kept them. they might have records of which examining boards you were under. the examining boards probably won’t exist anymore as they have been reorganised several times since you were a boy 😉 you lost them in a move some years ago.

    if the company wants you and you have good references, they will be prepared to wait while duplicates are found

    if they stick in the mud on any of the above, they are aresholes and you don’t want to work for them. definately warn them about your lack of paper before the interview though, and have a quick simple explanation for the lackof each document on the tip of your tongue for on the day

    :love: good luck x:group_hug

    Good luck dude.


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      Good luck Bio :weee:

      How did it go?

      Thanks for all the advice and well wishes.

      Dr Bunsen wrote:
      How did it go?

      Don’t know yet. It’s on Wednesday 😉

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