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DBS form insists I use MISS AIBU to insist on MS?

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flamingnoravera · 28/05/2020 11:23

I have always used Ms as my title. I am trying to complete a DBS form. I selected the title Ms and a box then appears asking me to disclose a previous name. I have never been known by a previous name. Even when I was married I used my current surname. If I check "Miss" the date dissapears but I am 58 years old and I do not use the title Miss. I am not a Miss.

AIBU to not complete the form? The number to call on the top of the online form "is not recognised" and my mobile provider has blocked the number anyway because it is £1.45 a minute.

On a matter of principle I will not be known as Miss. I have umpteen DBS forms which have never thrown up this glitch. AIBU to say "sod it" and insist on a paper form?

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TheGreatWave · 28/05/2020 11:29

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TheGreatWave · 28/05/2020 11:28

That's strange because even if someone was Miss it doesn't mean that they don't have a previous name.

What happens if you just put the same surname in the 2nd box? So Ms Smith and then Smith.

KittenVsBox · 28/05/2020 11:27

What happens if you put Ms Flaming Nora Vera as current, previously known as Miss Flaming Nora Vera. Will the form accept that?

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