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A side of a passport or a birth certificate is there any other way of proving eligibility to work in the UK?

137 replies

Fuckingfuming1 · 18/09/2023 08:08

I’m obviously just posting here for traffic

OP posts:
BingoandBlueyForever · 18/09/2023 10:44

Because Immigration is a topic that comes up frequently in the news and in politics. Because Brexit happened and suddenly the Uk had to decide what to do about visas for all the EU nationals living and working in the UK. Because lots of people have friends or family who take a year out and got a working holiday visa for Canada or Australia.
The OP’s problem is actually quite different, but the OP did read like she was a new employer who had no idea what potential hires could provide as proof of eligibility.

MrsCarson · 18/09/2023 11:04

I got my kids British birth certificates. Registration of birth abroad ones. Probably quicker than going in circles. I needed my BC and info/passport to apply.

Fuckingfuming1 · 18/09/2023 11:23

£200 though, cheaper to get both passports

OP posts:
Candlelight34 · 18/09/2023 11:26

Fuckingfuming1 · 18/09/2023 08:08

I’m obviously just posting here for traffic

Chase.
I did mine online on Friday and got the passport by following Wednesday.

boromu222 · 18/09/2023 11:31

Candlelight34 · 18/09/2023 11:26

Chase.
I did mine online on Friday and got the passport by following Wednesday.

And did your require to do renew a different passport first? What do you mean, chase?

TrailingLoellia · 18/09/2023 11:36

Fuckingfuming1 · 18/09/2023 08:10

She’s British by descent, so she does actually have a British passport. It’s just with the British passport office being renewed. So she can’t get a Visa. Because she doesn’t need one.

The employer can contact the Home Office and get a response indicating right to work. It’s for anyone who doesn’t have the documents to hand- citizens with no passport but born abroad to immigrants who have pending application.

https://www.gov.uk/employee-immigration-employment-status

Use the Employer Checking Service

Employer checking service (ECS): check your employee or potential employee's immigration employment status

https://www.gov.uk/employee-immigration-employment-status

Candlelight34 · 18/09/2023 11:37

boromu222 · 18/09/2023 11:31

And did your require to do renew a different passport first? What do you mean, chase?

Renew.

Ring up if it has been 18 weeks.

boromu222 · 18/09/2023 11:39

Candlelight34 · 18/09/2023 11:37

Renew.

Ring up if it has been 18 weeks.

Spectacularly unhelpful

TrailingLoellia · 18/09/2023 11:39

herewegoagainfriends · 18/09/2023 08:16

Right, so this is a first passport application so she doesn’t have an expired one she can use?

Birth certificate then. It doesn’t matter if the country of birth is overseas if it says she’s British on it.

Foreign birth certificates don’t state other nationalities a baby may have by descent.

TrailingLoellia · 18/09/2023 11:45

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My DD is similar, born abroad as a dual national. When I got her British passport renewed they did ask for her other foreign passport to be sent in. I just wrote on there that she has no foreign passport. Which is true. She had one that expired ages ago as a child but she has no intention of ever getting a new adult one or using it. That was enough to just get the British one renewed.

herewegoagainfriends · 18/09/2023 20:39

TrailingLoellia · 18/09/2023 11:39

Foreign birth certificates don’t state other nationalities a baby may have by descent.

The OP's earlier posts didn't make clear that her DD has dual nationality.

As someone who has only ever had one nationality and who was registered at the British Embassy from birth, my birth certificate evidences that. In my case, I could use it as a Right To Work piece of evidence if I lost my passport.

Doesn't help here as the OP only registered her DD locally when she was born.

MargotBamborough · 18/09/2023 20:40

Yes but it costs a few hundred quid and a passport is proof of British citizenship so most people just get the passport for their child.

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