Forms of ID

[NGC2017]

Me again, for my Mom again, lol.

Basically the Council are being abit arsey. She is 58, and has got all her ID documents together for her appointment today. Her BC doesnt have her parents name on it. She is sure back in the 60's they didnt have parents names on anyway?
She has been told if she doesnt apply for her BC with parents name on she is at risk of her offer being pulled. This has really upset her. She has her passport, utility bills, marriage license, NI Number, but her BC wont be ready for today and her dad passed away years ago so its not even like they can obtain signatures.
Its there anything else she can take and I will ensure she attends her appt with sufficient documents.

TIA x

The short birth certificates were often issued to children who were born out of wedlock or where the father was unknown. Whilst is does not matter now, it could still be upsetting for your mum if she discovered this now. If you suspect this is the case, you might want to ring the HR department for a chat.

I think there is A ‘short form’ birth certificate without parents names and a ‘long form’ birth certificate with names occupations etc. I understand the extract/short version was given out free of charge but parents had to pay for long form. I was born in 1983, only had possession of my short form BC but needed long version to get married. I had to get a copy of it, was about £7 I think? Because I knew where I was born, date, parents etc it was very quick, but not same day (about a week?) my parents didn’t need to get involved at all so signing it shouldn’t be an issue (pretty sure my copy of the long form shows my mum’s signature from the time). Council requirements to have all that paperwork does seem arsey and onerous - I’ve never needed my BC for employment, uni, professional exams etc. My passport has always been enough for right to work.

My parents were 100% married when I was born and yet only ever had short form - I actually opened a bank account with the short form

OTT even

It used to be usual to only get the short birth certificate as that one was free and you had to pay extra for the long one with paren't names on.

Unfortunately the short one does not fulfil the requirements for checking the Right to Work in the UK that all employers have to carry out.

However if you mum has a British Passport as you said she does that does fulfill the requirements (you have to provide either document, not both) so the council are being arsey.

Sorry though I was posting onnyour other thread! As I said they are being ott a passport is acceptable Id on its own

thanks all. My arsey comment was because of how she was spoke to and it was basically impossible for her to get what they needed in so little time.
She has all other documents and her passport

All sorted. Her passport was fine. The lady even apologised to her for the way she spoke

Glad they saw sense checked the actual government requirements