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Originally Posted by Xaccers
I was thinking that too.
I mean, people are able to use the birth certificate of others etc to obtain fake passports in the past, with a photo on them which looks like them.
So how is having someone sat down and asking you the same information going to make a difference other than pretending to the public that the government are doing something about passport fraud... aahh there you go.
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Well I'm no ID fraudster (I promise
) but obtaining genuine passports fraudulently has been a big problem for the authorities. Whilst a fraudster could relatively easily obtain sufficient documents to obtain a genuine passport under false pretences it is much less likely that same person would also have the
additional personal information the authorities will be asking for. There would also of course be the benefit of the interviewer being able to assess the body language and overall demeanour of the applicant (in the same way that immigration officials already do at points of entry) which might also assist greatly in revealing the true reasons behind an application.
In an radio interview I heard a few weeks ago on this topic with a senior official, it was pointed out that interviewees could be asked questions relating to a fairly wide range of information and wouldn't be expected to know all of the answers.