Proof of right to work

BlackDragon

BlackDragon

BlackDragon

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Hi all,

I'm starting work soon and I need to present proof of right to work in the UK. I have a passport that recently expired (February). Is this still valid? Initial Googling suggests that it is fine, but would like some confirmation/reassurance from other people.

I have emailed the work place but I want to know before I leave my parents' place at the weekend so I can take my birth certificate with me if need be.

Cheers
 
Depends on the place you are working, in theory the passport in itself should be fine but some places will demand a copy of your birth certificate and for some reason ignoring that the birth certificate was a seed document for the passport.
 
BlackDragon said:
Hi all,

I'm starting work soon and I need to present proof of right to work in the UK. I have a passport that recently expired (February). Is this still valid? Initial Googling suggests that it is fine, but would like some confirmation/reassurance from other people.

I have emailed the work place but I want to know before I leave my parents' place at the weekend so I can take my birth certificate with me if need be.

Cheers
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None of the places I've worked would take an expired passport. Your birth certificate coupled with any tax document should be fine though.
 
DanH84 said:
None of the places I've worked would take an expired passport. Your birth certificate coupled with any tax document should be fine though.
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+1

At my workplace, we will not accept an expired passport as proof of ID, and the birth certificate needs to be a full birth certificate.
 
You are proving that you have a right to work in the UK, not your nationality. Any tax document with your NI number will be fine. People get very het up about this, but it's really just down to the fact that any EU national can legally work here, so that's the easiest thing to prove ie. that you are an EU national, but in reality they just need to prove to HMRC that they are carrying out basic due diligence checks. Nothing more.
 
Thought I'd give this a bump.

Basically I'm starting a new job Monday, but before they will will let me, they want to see my Full birth certificate. Thing is, I don't have one (only have the small one, which is of no use), plus I don't have a passport. Anyhow, I'm just wondering how I go about getting a full birth certificate? ASAP like.

ta
 
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